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Summary: For women who want to understand men; for men who want to
Review: grow up. Just a great book. Funny, insightful, deep. Women will get to see what makes men tick and instead of getting angry, they will just feel sorry for us. And the men will empathise hugely with the main protagonist. He is Everyman with a record collection. All I can say is "Here's my challenge: read the first chapter and I defy you not to buy it." Simple as that really. Go buy !
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Summary: A good book about a stereotypical, somewhat dippy, guy.
Review: At first this book disgusted me by letting me into the minds of the self-absorbed men that I have had the opportunity to date. As the book goes on, Rob doesn't get any less pitiful. However, he is funny and I began to feel more compassion (as opposed to anger)in his general direction. I enjoyed the real life humanity that Nick Hornby brought into his charachters. A good book.
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Summary: frighteningly accurate
Review: Rarely is a book so spot-on as to what goes on inside the mind of men. Unfortunately I recognized some of those evil thoughts in myself, but what made it for me were the music overtones. Being a music freak also, I could especially relate to the role that music can play in your life..and the analysis of "mix tapes" was brilliant! I didn't know anyone else realized that. Laugh-out-loud funny and highly recommended for those of us who don't quite know what to do with our lives..
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Summary: Perfect!
Review: This book does justice for music lovers and those who have gone through the trials of falling in and out of love. Hornby writes with humor and flair that is rarely seen in modern writers.
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Summary: decent but overrated
Review: This book was alright. rob was a self-absorbed self-obsessed drip. his musings took up waay too many pages. the record store scenes with his two underlings were the funniest part of the novel. i thought i was gonna die when Barry tells off the old geezer looking for stevie wonder's 'I just called to say I love you' . Or when Barry joins a band called Barrytown in part because his name coincided with the groups. Barry was the funniest bloke in this book If they had more of the funny record store scenes and less coverage of Rob's woman troubles this would have been a great book
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Summary: Hornby hits the bulls-eye
Review: It's rare that I find a book that is so true-to-life on the subject of everyday life and the relationships that surround it. I kept finding myself nodding in agreement at so many of the Rob character's observatons. The musical references were hilarious...and being in possession of an enormous CD collection myself, I could feel Rob's pain. The characters are expertly drawn out, to the point where I genuinely wanted to get to know them in person. Unlike the pretentious blatherings of Bret Easton Ellis in "Less Than Zero" (which I enjoyed -- when I was 17), the characters and situations in High Fidelity ring true. I didn't want the book to end. Now I have to check out Fever Pitch and About A Boy! Bravo, Nick Hornby...this book is a wonderful read, even though some of the British slang escaped me.
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Summary: Number One With A Bullet!
Review: This is definitely on my "top five" list! Being approximately Rob's age and a pop-rock fanatic since 1964, he hit the nail on the head. I thought I wasn't going to like it at first, but, OH MY. Well, I can't do it in order, but here's my top five: Searching for Caleb (Anne Tyler) Harriet The Spy (Louise Fitzhugh) The Time Garden (Edward Eager) Operating Instructions (Anne Lamotte) High Fidelity (NH)Thanks to my ex-husband who practically held it in front of me until I opened it!
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Summary: It was just "ok"
Review: It was o.k. I think most of the reviews were over-rating the book. Its really a "one-time-read-only" book because there isn't that much emotion in the book that would draw you back to it.
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Summary: High Fidelity is definately on my top 5 best books list.
Review: They keep calling it a man's tale or heaven for music lovers. I'm a girl and the last album I bought was Jacko's Thriller (all right I'm exagerating). High Fidelity is real life told in good light. It is a book about life's little idiosyncrasies, about love and the fear of loving.Everyone with a heart, or a brain for that matter, can't miss it. Also if you are someone like me that dreams about being asked their top 5 favorite film list, it is definately worth the sleepless nights.
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Summary: Much more than a male Bridget Jones.
Review: What a great, hilarious surprise this book was. I had no idea it was going to be one of the funniest novels I've ever read. Rob is a perfectly sympathetic character, regardless of his shortsighted faults. As frustrating as he is, it's hard not to wish him the best. I've been through a slew of great contemporary comedies recently - Bridget Jones' Diary, Was It Something I Said?, Animal Husbandry, Isabel's Bed, etc. - and this is one of the best I've encountered. Can't wait to read About A Boy now...
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