The brilliance of High Fidelity is in its complex treatment of the male mind. You get inside of Rob's head from the very beginning, from his top five lists, to his job, you feel a part of everything he is and by proxy his mind. You feel his loss, his love, and his amazing record collection in every page. Great read. ( )

Well, no one can claim this is a great work of literary art or anything. But it's funny, and snarky, and entertaining. A great thing to read right after Madame Bovary, or War and Peace. Brain candy. ( )

High Fidelity is one of those rare cases, in my opinion, that a book and movie compliment each other perfectly. The novel is the story of a man who is basically a complete jerk, bitter and cynical, and his amusing obsession with pop music and his difficulties in love.

If you've seen the movie, you'll note that John Cusack's Rob is much more likeable and sympathetic than the protagonist of the novel. Still, I'm a fan of both. There's something to be said about novels where the reader is set up to have almost no sympathy for the narrator/main character--my detachment made me view the story in a different light than I had while watching the film (one of my favorites).

I highly recommend both this book and its onscreen adaptation. Both are amusing and quotable, and leave one with a lot to think about. ( )

really easy to get into

Really funny book and true music-lovers will like the classic band references. One of my all-time favorite books. ( )