Owen Nicholls’ Love, Unscripted is an uplifting love story, following 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 David Nicholls, Nick Hornby and Laura Barnett.
For Nick, love should look like it does on the big screen. And when he meets 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 as a film projectionist in his local cinema. Life seemed pictureperfect. 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 falling part, Nick wonders if their romance could
ever be as perfect as the night they met.
Can love really be as it is in the movies?
If only our lives were like the films that we all enjoy… if
love played out like the iconic scenes we all know so well.
For film enthusiast Nick, we read his struggles, his inner
dialogue; we discover his insecurities and what he puts at risk because he
cannot see a way by them.
Love, Unscripted is a wonderful take on someone moving through
his 20s into his 30s with who is a complicated, worried soul and how he perceives
the relationships he has with everyone around him.
I love how the story of Nick meeting Ellie is interspersed
throughout the whole book, as parts of his life seem to break down, we get to
see more about their first encounter. I remember the excitement and
anticipation that surrounded the 2008 US presidential election, the general
feelings of hope for a nation which serves here as a good reflection for the
hope and anticipation in this blossoming relationship between the two young characters.
Nicks character frustrated me, I liked him and think he was a
funny, quirky character but annoying at times. His inability to see anything
from another perspective, well yes it makes him who he is, part of the problem
I guess but frustratingly selfish. I do like how he is written, very realistic
and very relatable to a lot of people nowadays. I was rooting for him though, I wanted him to
be happy and figure out the best ways forward, I was willing him on and wishing
he would sort himself out.
I like how this book is very true to life, realistic
characters and realistic situations – sometimes we are given characters that
just aren’t relatable but here we have plenty. They all have problems; they are
all flawed in one way or another; nobody has the perfect life, and all have a
rollercoaster of life experiences.
I loved all the film references littered throughout – you are
bound to find one from a film you enjoy. I found myself chuckling away as I was
reading, it is really amusing and rather witty. Very well structured and
wonderfully written, I thoroughly enjoyed this realistic and modern love story.
About the Author:
Owen Nicholls is a screenwriter with a Masters in Scriptwriting from the UEA. His work has appeared in Empire and NME, and earlier this year Love, Unscripted was selected for the Escalator Scheme run by Writers' Centre in Norwich.
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OwenNicholls
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