Jens reviewed How to Be Good by Nick Hornby
Review of 'How to Be Good' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
We read this book in high school when I was about 18. Our teacher used it to start discussions on the British class system - aptly so, I have to agree many years later.
The plot is rather dramatic, with a marriage at risk and the quarrels that come with this situation. However, it wouldn't be Nick Horny if it wasn't hilarious after all. Katie's narrator voice made me laugh out loud many times, her cynical-then-reformed husband David is just as entertaining, as is the rest of the "cast".
While funny, the book touches on other serious topics besides (failing) marriage - above all homelessness and how the rest of society addresses it (or doesn't). This, too, is presented entertainingly enough to invite some more serious thought later - an approach I liked in this book.
Please let me know if you understood the ending, because I sure didn't.