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andyshute 's review for:
Juliet, Naked
by Nick Hornby
A long time ago I read High Fidelity and it never really did anything for me. Same for the film. It probably should have but it didn't. Last week there was a 3 for 2 offer in a local book shop and at a loss for the third book I picked up Juliet, Naked after vaguely recalling good reviews.
I actually ended up liking it a fair bit. Hornby says a lot about music and the fanaticism that can develop especially with the advent of the internet. I could relate to a lot of it and found many parallels between myself and Duncan (sadly) though I tend not to go to his extremes. The pomposity and grandeur and sheet idiocy of the ultimate fan is displayed sympathetically here though not without mocking. Music nutures that feeling in people.
Annie is an interesting character and I liked Tucker's relationship with his son. The depictions of modern loneliness were moving and stark and it evoked the feeling of moving into your next decade, summing up your achievements (or lack of them to date) and the hopeless feeling of how to change when you don't actually want things to alter.
The ending was loose and not totally fulfilling but the end result was a funny and humourous look at a few people who've been run over by life, struggling to find their purpose.
I actually ended up liking it a fair bit. Hornby says a lot about music and the fanaticism that can develop especially with the advent of the internet. I could relate to a lot of it and found many parallels between myself and Duncan (sadly) though I tend not to go to his extremes. The pomposity and grandeur and sheet idiocy of the ultimate fan is displayed sympathetically here though not without mocking. Music nutures that feeling in people.
Annie is an interesting character and I liked Tucker's relationship with his son. The depictions of modern loneliness were moving and stark and it evoked the feeling of moving into your next decade, summing up your achievements (or lack of them to date) and the hopeless feeling of how to change when you don't actually want things to alter.
The ending was loose and not totally fulfilling but the end result was a funny and humourous look at a few people who've been run over by life, struggling to find their purpose.