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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The main character could possibly be the most unlikeable, whinest character I have come across in a long time. This was a hard book to get through and I was happy when it was finished.
An excellent book about an unbearable young idiot who just barely turns out to be a passable adult by the end. But I would date Liz in a New York minute.
Easily just became one of my Top 3 fave books of all time. Admittedly, my first Hornby read, but planning on catching up very soon. But Hornby's generational voice is so dead on and real, the 90's answer to Bret Easton Ellis. I see myself returning to this book time and time again.
probably my all-time favorite book. i've read it so many times i've lost count
A wonderful disquisition on the subject of male/female relations and how confusing they can be. Granted, our hero Rob is a bit more resistant to growing up than the average man, but rather than this making his experience atypical, it serves instead to throw these conflicts into sharp relief. Haven't we all been perplexed as to how to communicate with a member of the opposite sex and what could possibly be motivating them? Hornby is a gifted and extraordinarily witty man, and though this is his first novel (the memoir Fever Pitch was his first published work), and I have read several of his others, I'm not sure he has ever done better than this. Rob's lack of maturity and hamhanded way of approaching all of his relationships does begin to grate before the end of the book, but this is a small consideration in the view of what a great accomplishment it is overall.
I’ve always loved our Honrby makes you fall in love with the loser/underdog, but I could not stand Rob. He was whiney, neurotic and quite frankly the worst and yes someone like Lauren should have left him. I LOVED A Long Way Down and was looking forward to reading another one of Hornby’s works, but sadly I’m a little disappointed in this and found the flaccid stream-of-consciousness of this book boring and I looked forward to it ending.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Read it long after I'd already owned the movie and watched it dozens of times and memorized every line. Probably impacted my experience of the book in a negative way, because I found it less funny, less moving, and harder to sympathize with the characters. John Cusack did make significant changes (such as moving the setting to Chicago and changing certain details about his relationships with Laura and with his parents). Overall still a fantastic book.