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Loading... A Long Way Downby Nick Hornby
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The joy of Nick Hornby is his ability to write distinctive dialogue, to imbue each character with his own speech rhythms and vocabulary, to make you really hear each character as an individual. So a book like this that features an ensemble cast of misfit opposites is absolutely where he excels. Nick Hornby is funny without being frivolous. He can take serious subjects like suicide, and turn them into something funny, sad, and sweet all at once without resorting to being trite. When I want something lighthearted without losing brain cells, Nick Hornby is the perfect remedy, and this is him at his best. It took me ages to get through this book and I wouldn't have persevered only I was hoping they'd all kill themselves at the end. Anyway, there are some great Hornby one-liners. That's all I can say to recommend this one, which disappointed me after reading About A Boy, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The characters in this one were just annoying. And their voices weren't different enough from one another - they are all Hornby of course - but even Maureen sounded a bit too much like Jess without the expletives. Really disjointed, a departure from good form for Nick Hornby - have a read of How to be Good, for a great Hornby book.Far too much dialogue and no character development. A surprisingly good read. An eccentric plot about four people that independently decide to commit suicide but all decide to do it at the same time by jumping off the top of a building - this is where they all meet. Some great characters. The 18 year old Jess is so obnoxious you want to hit her yourself. I would certainly read more of Hornby's books. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0140287027, Paperback)In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times-bestselling writer Nick Hornby is at his finest-hilarious, provocative, and moving-as he mines the hearts and psyches of three neurotic Londoners and one neurotic American who meet each other at the end of the line.Unabridged CD - 8 CDs, 9 hours (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Aber die Charaktere haben mir nicht wirklich gefallen. Ich konnte mit ihnen nicht sympathisieren. Die eine hat dann doch einfach zu viel geflucht. Und das sage ICH, die Meisterin der Flucherei. Nein, wirklich das war einfach too much und machte sie in meinen Augen nicht sympathisch, bzw. es hatte nichts charmantes, wenn ihr versteht, was ich meine.
Aber das größte Problem war einfach: Die Story war langweilig. Die Geschichten der jeweiligen Hauptpersonen war einfach stinklangweilig, sorry. Ich habe so vieles überlesen, weil es mich nicht gereizt hat.
Ich habe drauf gewartet: Ja, was kommt jetzt? Und es passiert einfach nichts.
Manchmal wurde es dann interessant, aber die Kurve hat es leider nicht gekriegt.