Just One Year
by
Gayle Forman
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.
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.
(summary from goodreads.com)
Gayle Forman! I love you. I love your real, flawed, beautiful characters. I love the trauma and heartache and healing and closure that every book holds. I've been looking forward to reading this book since I read the last page of the first one and it didn't disappoint. I loved getting in Willem's head, learning of his past and seeing his progression. You will want to have the first book handy when you read this one, several times I had to check to see Where In The World Is Lulu during Willem's travels. SO many near misses, which was delightfully frustrated. I loved Willem's travel and his mother and his uncle and his friends and India and freakin BOLLYWOOD and the whole book was just so much fun. One thing wasn't perfect with this book - the ending. Yes, it was fabulous and happy but it WASN'T ENOUGH! I wanted more! More more more! I was greedy and wasn't sated enough. She needed an epilogue, because I have a feeling there won't be another book. Hopefully she will at least give us a lovely long cameo in some other book. Was there a Mia/Adam cameo? Not that I noticed. Darn. But I still loved it. One of my very favorite authors.
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Gayle Forman! I love you. I love your real, flawed, beautiful characters. I love the trauma and heartache and healing and closure that every book holds. I've been looking forward to reading this book since I read the last page of the first one and it didn't disappoint. I loved getting in Willem's head, learning of his past and seeing his progression. You will want to have the first book handy when you read this one, several times I had to check to see Where In The World Is Lulu during Willem's travels. SO many near misses, which was delightfully frustrated. I loved Willem's travel and his mother and his uncle and his friends and India and freakin BOLLYWOOD and the whole book was just so much fun. One thing wasn't perfect with this book - the ending. Yes, it was fabulous and happy but it WASN'T ENOUGH! I wanted more! More more more! I was greedy and wasn't sated enough. She needed an epilogue, because I have a feeling there won't be another book. Hopefully she will at least give us a lovely long cameo in some other book. Was there a Mia/Adam cameo? Not that I noticed. Darn. But I still loved it. One of my very favorite authors.
Mom note: As
a mother of readers, I also
want to make a note to myself (and others if they care) why I would or
would not have my children read this book, because honestly, sometimes I
forget. This is a YA book, so everything is within YA strictures.
Violence: mild; Profanity: yes; Sex: YES, way too descriptively steamy for a YA book
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