Paperback, 323 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 1996 by Riverhead Books.
Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. He can just do what he wants when he wants: like listen to whatever music he likes, look up the girls that are on his list, and generally behaves as if Laura never mattered. But Rob finds he can't move on. He's stuck in a really deep groove - and it's called Laura. Soon, Rob's asking himself some big questions: about love, about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do.
Добре, що є окремий плейлист з усіма згаданими піснями. Читається легко і швидко, але як на мене, книга дуже прохідна. Мені не захочеться її читати вдруге. Але дуже цінно було почитати таку детальну та затягнуту чоловічу рефлексію стосовно дружби, стосунків та пошуку себе у цьому світі.
There's a playlist on Spotify of all the songs mentioned in the book. I started listening to it after finishing the book and only then realised how hilariously soppy Rob was.
My first Nick Hornby but definitely not my last. He captures the arrested development of a character well enough to understand their glaring personality flaws.
I wanted to read this for what seems like 15 years. I might have been better off if I had. While music and how it’s consumed has changed, the insecurities that this single thirty something man struggles with are still relevant.
This is the only Nick Hornby book that I've read, and it's the only one that I intend to read. Why? Because he was a little too dead-on in his description of just how crappy us guys can be. It hit a little too close to home, if you get my drift.
very good book; what especially impressed me is the rhythm and flow of the main character's narrative
