Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Fever Pitch
Book Review: hornby's the best
Summary: 3 Stars
this is my least favorite of all of mr. hornby's books, but even this one shows his incredible insight and thoughfulness. certainly worth reading once you've read (in this order) 'high fidelity,' 'about a boy' and 'how to be good.'Book Review: if you're not into soccer, don't bother
Summary: 2 Stars
"Fever Pitch" is basically the same story as "High Fidelity" only in this case the main character is obsessed with football (that's soccer to us North Americans) instead of music. Although my own experience with soccer is limited to the one summer I spent in a soccer league when I was six years old, I felt obligated to read this book because "High Fidelity" is one of my all time favorites and could have very easilly been *my* life story. Not surprisingly, I didn't like this book nearly as much and while it's probably obvious why, I do think there are other things which separate it from his other one. The characters and relationships in "High Fidelity" were compelling and given more detail while "Fever Pitch" is more focused on the sport. I never felt that someone would have had to have been familiar musical references in "High Fidelity" in order to enjoy it but I do feel that not knowing much about Arsenal or football in general would be a problem for anyone who tries to read "Fever Pitch." So, while I wouldn't warn everyone against reading this book, I still think it has very limited appeal.Book Review: only for soccer-addicts
Summary: 1 Stars
I didn't finish this book. Seems that I am not enough of a soccer addict or an englishman to find this book interesting or funny.
The fun is anyway rather the kind of fun that critics see as funny (very "intellectual").
Book Review: overall good but not great
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a big fan of Nick Hornby but this book was a bit of a dissapointment for me. Perhaps I just had too high expectations for the book since I had heard such great things about it and had loved Hornby's novels High Fidelity and About a Boy. For some reason, I just couldn't connect with Hornby and his obession with Arsenal. I am a big sports fan as well, but apparently not as obessed with a certain team as Hornby is. What got me was how he could be so obessed with Arsenal and yet fairly nonchalant towards soccer in general. At least, that's how he came across to me. In any case, the book was generally entertaining and I did get a good laugh here and there but I wasn't totally enthralled with the book.
Book Review: passion of england, brought to life
Summary: 5 Stars
In this book is brought to life the passion felt by every true english football (soccer for Americans)fan. I can relate to Hornsby being an avid supporter of second division team Oldham Athletic. Five years ago we were in the premiership and beating Man Utd; one of our local rivals, one nil at Wembley in the F.A Cup semi-final, last year we barely avoided relegation. I am part of the 5,000 faithful who turn up every week in the usual rain, hopeful that the good days will return (If they do I hope the 20,000 Man Utd glory hunters don't return also). Although being a Gunner, Hornsbys' days of pain are pretty much over, people around the world should take the opportunity to see how much a part of english lives football really is. Sticking with your team through the lowest of the lows, and the feeling you get from the highs. You could say its only a game, but to the english its a way of life, we have an innate love. This is conveyed in Hornsbys' book, and after reading it, you can begin to understand just how gutted and depressed every english person alive felt after Euro '96 and World Cup '98. Come on America, you may love your sports, but no-one will love a sport more than the english love football;born and bred from our land.