High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of High Fidelity
Book Review: An entertaining read.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is probably one of the most enjoyable books that I have read in a long time. Rob is a real character with striking similarities to some of my friends and at times myself. I simply could not put this book down once I had picked it up.Book Review: An entertaining, penny-pinching ride.
Summary: 4 Stars
A good buy for stressed-out novel dollars. Almost discouraging when the hero doesn't buy a collector's efforts on an almost moral whim. Yet it gets funnier after that! Thank you Mr. Hornby.Cordially,
Yves jingting@magma.ca
Book Review: An excellent laugh-out-loud novel
Summary: 5 Stars
The characters in this novel are so real, I mean who hasn'tknown or been the go-nowhere, self-obsessed, 30-something who turns tomeaningless obsessions like records, music, bands etc. which keep them in suspended youth? Having been there myself and been married to someone Exactly like the main character, I laughed out loud at the right-on situations and character dialogue. The main character owns a failing record shop and spends his days making top five lists and talking shop with the other 30-something slackers who seem to also be stuck in post teenage band member wannabe status. Although they can boast not of successful jobs or personal lives or romantic involvement, they seem to think they have the right to ridicule everyone who walks into their shop. Although the characters live in England this shop could be in Anytown, U.S.A. It's a slice of life most of us can relate to and it's refreshing to know that for those of us who have been there, we aren't alone!Book Review: Anthropology and the bloke
Summary: 5 Stars
A smart, insightful and endlessly funny piece of writing. This is a profound book about men that hides its profundity exceedingly well.Hornby takes male readers to places we know only too well, but were never able to describe quite so eloquently or hilariously... and gives female readers an anthropological tour of the bloke that does for the unmapped, confused, confusing and often simply ludicrous regions of the male psyche what Diane Fossey did for the world of the African primates. (Actually, the subject matter is probably a lot more similar than many of us would like to admit, except apes learn that if you hit yourself on the head with a branch and it causes you pain and distress, it's probably a good idea to avoid doing it again - and Hornby would suggest that most blokes haven't quite reached that advanced level of reasoning yet).
Highly recommended for anyone in possession of a penis, or anyone else curious about the owners of said organs.
Book Review: Are men REALLY like that?
Summary: 3 Stars
This quote says most of it:
"... a very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead." -Harry Enfield, Independent on Sunday
I really do hold out hope that Rob, the main character, is not as much like every man on the face of the earth as the critics seem to think. Because if that's true, then I'm depressed. I didn't like Rob. Even though he had some moments in which I sympathized with him, and I really honestly TRIED to like him, I couldn't. I wanted to slap him. He knew he was being an idiot and went ahead and did it anyway. That's kind of unforgivable, to me. Men, if you're really like this, please just leave me in ignorant bliss.