Fit every shoe of what a book like this is supposed to be like. Funny, witty-brilliant, quick dialog. So well written! Took me by surprise to be honest-although it has only gotten good reviews.
It never slowed down-keeping a natural flow and a steady pace through out the book. At first my initial reaction was to criticize the back and forth narrative between the characters. Thinking: 'that's not allowed, you have to stay with one character until the end of a paragraph or the end of a chapter.' But he didn't. The characters were practically speaking on top of each other. And it worked so well, such a flow of multiple characters consciousness.
The story line was very good as well and only once did i know what was going to happen, but surprisingly not towards the end. If a book manages to do this to me it makes me very happy.
I liked Emma and Dexter very much as well, they weren't too exaggerated they weren't too much, but simple and very realistic.
At times I got vibes of Bridget Jones Diary, kind of the same-trying to find a partner, trying to find the right career angle.
I wondered if David Nicholls might have portrayed himself more in Emma than in Dexter-or was he possibly a little bit of both? His own life was seen to be a struggle in two different ways and in two different characters. Possibly at two different times of his life?
Same with the other characters in the book -are they portraying real life characters? As he mentions at the end that some of the things which are used in the book actually come from things which his friends have said.
There are not many descriptions, no explanations, and even few metaphors. The scenerey is described through the characters actions and dialog-almost like a screen play....ahah! Of course! It says that he has written loads of screen plays! Of course he's going to have a break through as a Hollywood screen play writer-this book is going to become a movie! I can't believe i didn't see it earlier!! He could have used that in the book, but i guess that would be jinxing it a bit.
