By Gayle Forman
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Series: Just One Day #2
Description:
Just One Day. Just One Year. Just One Read.
Before you find out how their story ends, remember how it began....
When he opens his eyes, Willem doesn’t know where in the world he is—Prague or Dubrovnik or back in Amsterdam. All he knows is that he is once again alone, and that he needs to find a girl named Lulu. They shared one magical day in Paris, and something about that day—that girl—makes Willem wonder if they aren’t fated to be together. He travels all over the world, from Mexico to India, hoping to reconnect with her. But as months go by and Lulu remains elusive, Willem starts to question if the hand of fate is as strong as he’d thought. . . .
The romantic, emotional companion to Just One Day, this is a story of the choices we make and the accidents that happen—and the happiness we can find when the two intersect.
Review:
I was both excited and disappointed when I read through this
book, especially since I had been waiting for it for quite a while and had
finally gotten around to it. I’ve always
enjoyed Gayle Forman’s books and Just One Day was no exception so of course I
couldn’t wait for just one year to come out.
There are so many things I still remember from the first book that
really hit home like love being a stain that doesn’t go away. So very much profound, but alas I was hoping
this book started off where the last one let off, instead it starts off when
Willem left Ashley and didn’t come back.
It was quite an adventure to follow Willem around from
continent to continent. You really see
how care free he is and easy going with random people, but at the same time you
see that vulnerability that he’s been hiding, that fear that he keeps pushing
down and ignoring. It all stems back to
his family, his parents, that loss that he experienced and never fully getting
through it, never really understanding what it is he is missing. This journey took you all over the world and
it was a pleasure to see him discover that he can have double happiness,
discover that his family really does love him they just don’t know how to show
it until they really do. It really is
the little things that count, the unseen things that count, the well wishes and
hopes that count.
Willem goes from Mexico to India and around Europe all the
while trying to find Lulu, little did he know that she too was finding him as
we saw in the first book, but this is Willem’s story. I know that some people
didn’t like him in the first book but I definitely did and I was really
interested in finding out his story so I was happy to have this chapter in his
life. He slowly begins to actually grow
up and consider making roots somewhere, he finally knows what he wants and he
will go for it. That’s what I loved
about this story the most that self-discovery of who you are and what you want
to be, that’s always the most difficult part in life, finding yourself before
you can find anyone else.
Overall this book was great and the only reason I was
disappointed was because I wanted to see what happens after they meet again a
year later, but the story I read was just as great because we got to see his
side of things. The settings, characters
and realizations were perfect for this story and I hope there is more to
it. I really enjoy Forman’s writing
style and the different worlds she creates, I have to say right now I really
want to go get a backpack and randomly travel somewhere and see where my life
will lead. But I already have my roots
down, it’s just fun experiencing them through other people.
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