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vdale2233 's review for:
Juliet, Naked
by Nick Hornby
Right from the get-go I liked the humor of this book--the hopelessly obsessed fan Duncan and his long-suffering partner Annie who are on an American holiday tour featuring the public toilet in Minnesota where his musical hero Tucker Crowe supposedly decided to end a brilliant career. While Duncan and his fellow online obsessives--Crowologists, if you please--find no detail of Crowe's life or work too small for scrutiny, Annie suddenly sees the 15 years she has spent with Duncan as time that could have been much better spent. She wants a grown up life and Duncan wants to wallow in his fanboy hobby forever without interruption, and explore possibly teaching a class on Crowe minutiae. Then, in a series of beautifully scripted turns, the story becomes Annie's to tell. While the charm of the characters wears thin for me once the focus shifts and things get a bit rom-com predictable, I still enjoyed the peek into these people's lives and found much to like about them.
(Spoiler ahead to explain the missing star) I found the first half of the book truly enjoyable--right up until we start to see things from Tucker's perspective. I admit I have a low tolerance for the sort of hackneyed has-been male character you find SO often in novels--the grizzled alcoholic police detective, the has-been alcoholic reporter, and yes, that includes the reclusive former alcoholic rock star, if Tucker can be called a star. So Annie's eventual fascination with him turns me off quite a bit; still, though, I saw it through to the end long after I saw what was coming, like you do with any good romance.
(Spoiler ahead to explain the missing star) I found the first half of the book truly enjoyable--right up until we start to see things from Tucker's perspective. I admit I have a low tolerance for the sort of hackneyed has-been male character you find SO often in novels--the grizzled alcoholic police detective, the has-been alcoholic reporter, and yes, that includes the reclusive former alcoholic rock star, if Tucker can be called a star. So Annie's eventual fascination with him turns me off quite a bit; still, though, I saw it through to the end long after I saw what was coming, like you do with any good romance.