Author: Owen Nicholls
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Headline Review
Publication Date: 1st June 2019
Rating: 4 Stars
Owen Nicholls' Love, Unscripted follows film projectionist Nick as he tries to understand the difference between love on the silver screen and love in real life. Perfect for fans of romcoms, David Nicholls and Nick Hornby.
For film projectionist Nick, love should mirror what he sees on the big screen. And when he falls for Ellie on the eve of the 2008 presidential election, it finally does.
For four blissful years, Nick loved Ellie as much as he loved his job splicing film reels together in the local cinema. Life seemed... picture-perfect.
But now it's 2012, Ellie has moved out and Nick's trying to figure out where it all went wrong.
With Ellie gone and his life far from the happy ending he imagined, Nick wonders if their romance could ever again be as perfect as the night they met.
Can love really be as it is in the movies?
For film projectionist Nick, love should mirror what he sees on the big screen. And when he falls for Ellie on the eve of the 2008 presidential election, it finally does.
For four blissful years, Nick loved Ellie as much as he loved his job splicing film reels together in the local cinema. Life seemed... picture-perfect.
But now it's 2012, Ellie has moved out and Nick's trying to figure out where it all went wrong.
With Ellie gone and his life far from the happy ending he imagined, Nick wonders if their romance could ever again be as perfect as the night they met.
Can love really be as it is in the movies?
What would you do if you had one perfect night, that was movie-esque in its specialness? Would you hope that you could live happily ever after with that new person in your life, or would you attempt to walk away knowing that nothing may ever compare to that first meeting?
Nick meets Ellie on the night of the 2008 US Elections at a party, and is torn whether to risk his heart on more than just one night.
He is a geeky film nerd, who is working as a projectionist in a small cinema, and that makes awkward jokes and seems to reference most things in terms of films. Had I watched or even heard of a large number of the films mentioned, I would have potentially connected with the book on a whole other level, but a fair amount of the references went over my head.
This is the story of Nick and Ellie's relationship told through flashbacks to that first night, and other key moments, told as a part of a possible screenplay or so it seems, plus what is happening to Nick in the present day, as he comes to grips with why they appear to have broken up.
It is a story of self realisation, self discovery, some incredibly funny bits, a large number of films, and is written in an unique style that I would love to read more of. In fact I'd quite like a sequel.
I'm a huge fan of romantic comedies, and there just aren't enough about written by men from the male perspective, which added to the rather endearing qualities to Nick, turns this into quite a delightful read.
I'm just incredibly sorry to say that my real life got into the way far too much while I was reading this, and thus made my reading experience a bit more disjointed than it should have been. It is not the books fault, and whenever I could sit and read for more than 20 mins at a time, I was completely absorbed in the pages.
A lovely debut novel, full of promise, and an author I would happily read more from.
Thank you to Netgalley and Headline for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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Nick meets Ellie on the night of the 2008 US Elections at a party, and is torn whether to risk his heart on more than just one night.
He is a geeky film nerd, who is working as a projectionist in a small cinema, and that makes awkward jokes and seems to reference most things in terms of films. Had I watched or even heard of a large number of the films mentioned, I would have potentially connected with the book on a whole other level, but a fair amount of the references went over my head.
This is the story of Nick and Ellie's relationship told through flashbacks to that first night, and other key moments, told as a part of a possible screenplay or so it seems, plus what is happening to Nick in the present day, as he comes to grips with why they appear to have broken up.
It is a story of self realisation, self discovery, some incredibly funny bits, a large number of films, and is written in an unique style that I would love to read more of. In fact I'd quite like a sequel.
I'm a huge fan of romantic comedies, and there just aren't enough about written by men from the male perspective, which added to the rather endearing qualities to Nick, turns this into quite a delightful read.
I'm just incredibly sorry to say that my real life got into the way far too much while I was reading this, and thus made my reading experience a bit more disjointed than it should have been. It is not the books fault, and whenever I could sit and read for more than 20 mins at a time, I was completely absorbed in the pages.
A lovely debut novel, full of promise, and an author I would happily read more from.
Thank you to Netgalley and Headline for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Please take a look at the rest of the stops on this blog tour
Thanks for the blog tour support Rachel x
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