High Fidelity: A Novel

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Summary: refreshing
Review: One of the best books I read in the last years. The first book where men feelings are clearly explained without cheap sicology or philosophical presumptions. In addition Hornby has a very personal and refreshing style. Has to be read.

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Summary: David Lodge's younger, hipper brother
Review: I laid out on the couch and read the whole thing on a Sunday night., getting up only for food and to put on my favorite CDs.It's sort of reads like a young David Lodge. My friend recommended it to me and I'll recommend it to others. It's that kind of book

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Summary: The male mind in a nutshell...
Review: Ten pages into this book, I found myself wondering why I hadn't noticed Nick Hornby following me around all these years. This book touches on almost every aspect of modern love, from relationships with in-laws to one night stands to realizing too late that you've lost the only person you've ever really wanted to be with. Seldom have I read a book that seemed such an accurate vocalization of everything I've experienced in my relationships. I learned as much about myself as anything else while reading HIGH FIDELITY, and it should probably be required reading for anyone about to start or about to end a relationship

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Summary: Popular music as a soundtrack for real life
Review: Have you ever heard a song on the radio and felt an eerie feeling like it was written as a soundtrack for your life? This book is the fictional story of a man whose whole life is governed by popular music and "top five" lists. The protagonist peels back layers of his soul as he analyzes his feelings about the top five women with whom he had relationships that didn't work out. It certainly hit a few chords with me.

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Summary: Hey, I think I dated this guy!
Review: Contrary to what many of your previous reviewers have stated, all women will not hate this book. In fact, all of my female friends have loved it. While talking to a friend about my complete and utter confusion about the Brit I was dating at the time, she pulled this book out of her bag and said he sounds exactly like the hero in this book I'm reading, maybe this will help clarify things. She was right. I loved every word of this book and believe it does a wonderful job of conveying the confusion and inconsistencies we all face in our everyday lives, and especially in our relationships. I too grew up with Nick Hornby, albeit here in America, and in addition to the light he shed on the workings of the (English) male mind, I appreciated every song, artist and cultural reference he included. I was sorry to finish reading this book and look forward to Mr. Hornby's next work of fiction

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Summary: Hornby makes you feel like you've been there done that!
Review: This book makes all men (at least this one) feel like, yep I know that type, she broke my heart. Rob (protagonist) makes you sympathize with him because you have been there with the girl too good looking, the one not good looking enough but won't leave you (yeah right). And you can almost always agree with any top five list in the book as spouted off by Rob, Dick or Barry. A nostalgic look at past women, music, movies and pop culture in general that has you nodding to yourself; Exactly!!!!!

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Summary: Holden Caufiled has grown up and lives (unhappily) in London
Review: Like its distant American cousin, Catcher in the Rye, High Fidelity is both a sad and hilarious account of a lonely male estranged from friends, family and society. There's a bit of everyman in the lead character, a 36-year-old owner of a failing used record shop in north London (hence the title). He's not ugly, he's not handsome. He's not dumb. He's not a genius. Get it? High Fidelity is a first-class romp through a third-rate low life of bad dates, bad sex and bad break-ups. The book is something of a bummer with its pathetic lead character. You can bet they'd never cast Tom Cruise for this role. Think of an unsuccessful Jerry Seinfeld with a British accent and you get the picture. The book is thin on plot and fat on character. If you're in a solid relationship, you're bound to feel good about yourself after reading it.

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Summary: Hey Ladies!!! Here's How a Guy's Mind Really Works
Review: Finally, Mr. Hornby has provided ladies with an extremely entertaining guide of why certain men act the way they do. Life is simple within the confines of the ritualized all-male record shop where a man can safely compile hysterical all-time favorite lists and entertain dreams and fantasies. Once, Rob, the male lead, steps outside, however, he is forced into self-reflection and interaction with the other sex. Mr. Hornby captures what many thirty-somethings think in the same but better vein as Bret Easton Ellis or Jay McInerny.

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Summary: Feel like someone had read your mind?
Review: Hornby's terrific in describing the thoughts and pain of those of us who can never seem to figure it out. I look forward to his next book.

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Summary: Hilarious and accurate
Review: I daren't give this to friend of mine in London - it seems directly aimed at parodying him and many similar hip, middle aged sex starved males there. Has enough in UK jokes to keep the Brits happy, but also has some worrying but universal truths about the male (sub) species. Good background reading for feminists!