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jjuliaannee 's review for:
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
tw: sexism
This has been on my TBR forever because I really enjoyed the movie (see: John Cusack bias) however I think my bar was set too high.
First of all, I started this an audiobook and I had to stop because the narrator's voice for the American singer (I forget her name) was just... not it LOL.
Anyways, I guess it was interesting to see the frustrated dating experiences from a male POV but it didn't feel like anything new? Or maybe I just don't like being in a sexually frustrated white, teenage boy's mind.
And as Rob gets older he just becomes worse - at least movie Rob was charismatic - he has no career plans, he treats his co-workers like trash but then wonders why he has no friends, he treats majority of his relationships with too many expectations (like he thinks Charlie is his manic pixie dream girl basically) and the one girl he is with he kinda treats like shit (). Laura deserves better.
Listen, I get it, life can be messy and it's really frustrating to try to figure out adulthood but like?? Rob just grumpily meanders throughout his life but he knows for sure he wants a girlfriend but maybe not a wife?? Then he whines when shit doesn't work out bc it's everyone's problem but his own?? Like, my guy, you're being a self-fulfilling prophecy here.
My favourite character was Laura or even Dick and Barry. They felt real and multi-faceted, especially next to Rob.
Additionally, the ending was suuuuuper rushed and felt like we didn't even really see much change in Rob so...
I'm going to just rewatch the movie.
This has been on my TBR forever because I really enjoyed the movie (see: John Cusack bias) however I think my bar was set too high.
First of all, I started this an audiobook and I had to stop because the narrator's voice for the American singer (I forget her name) was just... not it LOL.
Anyways, I guess it was interesting to see the frustrated dating experiences from a male POV but it didn't feel like anything new? Or maybe I just don't like being in a sexually frustrated white, teenage boy's mind.
And as Rob gets older he just becomes worse - at least movie Rob was charismatic - he has no career plans, he treats his co-workers like trash but then wonders why he has no friends, he treats majority of his relationships with too many expectations (like he thinks Charlie is his manic pixie dream girl basically) and the one girl he is with he kinda treats like shit (
Spoiler
even after they get back togetherListen, I get it, life can be messy and it's really frustrating to try to figure out adulthood but like?? Rob just grumpily meanders throughout his life but he knows for sure he wants a girlfriend but maybe not a wife?? Then he whines when shit doesn't work out bc it's everyone's problem but his own?? Like, my guy, you're being a self-fulfilling prophecy here.
My favourite character was Laura or even Dick and Barry. They felt real and multi-faceted, especially next to Rob.
Additionally, the ending was suuuuuper rushed and felt like we didn't even really see much change in Rob so...
I'm going to just rewatch the movie.