Just one day by gayle forman6/4/2023 The end is not so much of a cliffhanger as it is another excuse of “anything can happen” so this is what happened. We all want to know what will happen to this girl who is learning to find herself and to go after what she believes in. In the end, she leaves readers wanting more. Forman uses “anything can happen” to add events that realistically never would. It’s a powerful story but one that doesn’t have all the answers. Just One Day was filled with inspirational quotes like this: Allyson does the impossible and with accidents-acts of fate-she is able to find the something she was looking for. No, I am not being pessimistic when I say that pigs will never fly that can’t happen. One can easily use Forman’s gorgeous message of “anything can happen” as the excuse. She questions a boy about her pen-about something that happened a year ago-and he remembers something as insignificant as finding a pen on the table. For example, Allyson is investigating the happenings of a year ago and comes across her dad’s pen. However, it was precisely the messages that make the book so hard to review. Her messages were clear, inspirational, and perfect. Her structured, organized plot and writing pushes readers to continue. I’ve never read anything by Gayle Forman before this novel and I really loved her writing. It is the ending, which makes the book suffer. Just One Day is sort of a clever cop-out. I was ready to give it five stars but in the end, when it came down to rating the book, I couldn’t. I really wanted to give Just One Day five stars.
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