High Fidelity

I realize that I give far too many books a four or five star rating. So sue me. Book buying isn't, you know, a quick thing for me. I browse, I choose, I read the blurbs inside, I deliberate, I read a chapter from ever book I've chosen. In short, I only read things I'm really likely to like. So, I will......more

I still don't know why I rated High Fidelity 5 stars. Most of these books don't stand a chance against an early Agatha Christie or a modern cozy, or a book by Dawkins... but I put all of them on the same level. I'm going to watch the movie first time later this day. Most books that have first person......more

This, Nick Hornby's first published fiction work follows commitment-phobe and 'never grown up' music lover Rob, as yet again the woman he's with leaves him, only on this occasion, in his mid-30s he takes a different approach than the previous times in his life he was dumped. This comedic look at earl......more

Ah, nostalgia! This book takes place in the mid-90s. Even though the protagonist is in his 30s, the content really does take me back to my time in high school and college. Everything was music and concerts – and a lot of the music he talks about is the music everyone was into back then. Also, I was......more

DNF at page 75 I just don’t like the protagonist. He’s whiny and kind of a dick. I don’t see where the plot is going and don’t really care either. I don’t really get any of the references and I don’t know enough about the music and bands he refers to for it to mean anything to me. I could probably ma......more