One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

Amy    
Lynnie   


contemporary fiction, women's fiction

One Plus One by Jojo Moyes tells the stories of Jess Thomas and Ed Nicholls who both find themselves in dire straits.  Their stories intersect in a minor way and then a major way and the readers get to go along for the ride.  There are several ups and downs.  There are emotional roller coasters.  It's an adventure, a love story, and a tribute to choices.

Amy's Review

I loved this novel! I really hadn’t been in a hurry to read it because the ratings for this one were not as good as her bestseller, Me Before You, and I had been really disappointed with its sequel, After You. I figured it could wait. Thankfully, due to the need for an audiobook for the car combined with the lack of availability of anything that was higher on my To Read List from the library, I borrowed this audiobook from my library on CDs. Well, the story pulled me in to such a degree that I could hardly wait for opportunities to get back in my car to listen to more of this story.

It started off mildly and, in fact, reminded me of Me Before You in the general sense of the plot and the types of characters involved. I found myself really annoyed, in the beginning, that Jess hadn’t planned her journey better. Seriously, who thinks that they’ll make it to their destination with such a lack of foresight? I later figured I’d give her the benefit of the doubt because she wouldn’t have had many opportunities to take trips previously and, besides her lack of planning, I really liked her as a character and person.

Aside from some minor aggravations with the story and one of the narrators, I couldn’t help but fall in love with all the characters. And the situations, while a bit extreme, seemed feasible. I had never listened to an audiobook before that was narrated by so many (four) people. I liked it. And, while not as good as Me Before You (the average ratings were correct), it was still an excellent story that I loved reading.

Lynnie's Review

Another lovely book by JoJo Moyes. Warning- this one is more chicklit-ish than Me Before You but the characters are still wonderful.

The title gives a lot away- we all know what One Plus One becomes eventually & really in the end, it's even more than that, but this is the story of the journey & how One Plus One becomes the sum of all its parts and pieces.

What I truly loved about this book were the characters, particularly Nicky who sneaks up on you & runs away with every moment he's involved in. My word did that boy steal my heart, just as he was meant to.