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It's the first book I read from this author.It didn't impress me really. I had very high expectations, probably because there is so much enthusiasm around everything he writes. I found it sometimes funny and sometimes quite boring but never so packing like I expected. I'm going to start a European bookring, let's see what the rest of the bookcrossing community thinks about it... The Bookring will follow a North-South ruote (I know my Italian fellow bookcrossers are going to hate me for that...) Be kind and add a postcard of you place so that we can see where the book has been! :) Penelope Pitstop - Tintti (Jyväskylä, Finland) - Leanne345(Liverpool, United Kingdom) - Nefertari (Stevenage, United Kingdom) - MaaikeB (Zeist, Netherlands) - Yvonnep (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - Nicma (Berlin, Germany) - since Nicma is not answering PMs she/he will be skipped and the ring goes to Portugal, please PM me and I will insert you in an other Position if you are still interested.. - Tho (Lisbon, Portugal) - Virgulina (Lisbon, Portugal) - Ftarazu (Ovar, Portugal) - Reliquia (Porto, Portugal) - Fio-dagua (maia, Porto, Portugal) - Kiddie (lisboa, portugal) - Santex (Pisa, Italy) - Venere (Treviso, Italy) - Agnul (Milano, Italy) - Lavale (Milan Italy) - Blacklilith (Città di Castello, Italy) - Beckys (Lecco, Italy) Here just the usual indications: 1. Please make a journal entry showing that you have received the book as soon as you get it. 2. When you receive the book, please also PM the next person in line to get his or her mailing address. 3. Make a journal entry letting us know what you think of the book when you are sending the book to the next BookCrosser. 4. Mail the book to the next person on the list. 5. NEVER make a release note....! I don't have to add that bookring books have absolute priority on your TBR list, have I? :) |
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I really liked this book. I totally agree with Mail on Sunday critic, who wrote: "Pins you in your armchair and won't let go". That happened to me - I couldn't put the book down. It is funny and witty but also touching and very clever. A story of a marriage and trying to be a good person in one way or another.My favourite quote from the book: "It seems to me now that the plain state of being a human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone." The journal entry picture is from a webcam. It's a rainy day in Jyväskylä... Sending off to Leanne345. |
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Arrived this morning. Will read it next :-)
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The book arrived in Zeist today. I'm looking forward to reading it.
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I agree with Penelope... I wasn't impressed either with the book. It was funny, sometimes. It could have achieved depths, but it didn't. I even considered not to finish it. The problems in a relationship may have been realistic, the catalysts weren't. Finished it, though. The only thing that struck me as quite eye-opening was his descriptions of Katie's feelings towards her children. It was a great relief to me to read that this mother had such a sense of realism that she could dislike the way her own children behaved. The book will be send to Tho. Up to Portugal, you lucky book! |
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This was the first book by Nick Hornby that I read and I have to say I was expecting a lot more from it. The first few chapters were really gripping and though a bit sad they managed to be funny at the same time. But as the book progressed it turned out to be extremely depressing, a bit too depressing for my liking! The ending was very realistic though and as tho said life just goes on...
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I really loved this book, with the sense of humour I like very much, a good rythm to tell the story, and crazy ideas. The funniest thing for me is that I cannot tell what is exagerated and what is not. I'm a bit like Kate. I feel something's wrong with GoodNews ad David, I don't agree with them, but then I cannot argue against them.That's the 2nd book i read from Hornby (after High Fidelity), and my favourite too so far. 5.08: sorry for the delay, problems to contact next readers, but finally the book will go today to Italy. |
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I really liked it, I think I'm going to read it again... I think I'm going to buy my own copy! Thank you to the ring-master, I enjoyed the book very much. I'll send it to the next reader (etnagigante) ASAP. :) p.s.: a postcard from Rome (piazza Navona) edit: sent 12.12.07 |
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Hornby is such a great writer that it keeps amazing me how he does it. He seems to have a special knack to write more “urban” stories and in those he always reminds me of other such great authors like Douglas Coupland and Irvine Welsh, it’s the way that these authors throw a lot of modern culture references into their writings and the ever present humour and wit and, of course, the way that truly dramatic situations are told in such a light way. Anyway it’s hard to explain why they’re so good, I guess they just are, and that’s fine with me.This book reminded me of A Long Way Down in the way it tells of a common enough situation, which could be totally depressing, but the wit with which is told turns it into a tragic/comedy. I loved the characters and felt the plot was very believable, the craziness that goes on in Katie and David’s house is amazingly well crafted and GoodNews and Barmy Brian take the cake for the batty characters of the year. And I loved the cameo appearance that Dick, from High Fidelity, makes here. I don’t want to give out any of the story and spoil it for anyone who comes next I just want to say that Katie’s state of mind isn’t all that uncommon and it takes the book to a whole new level of reality. Her thoughts and actions, as random as they seem all fit her idea of herself and her vision of her relationship with David. Who would have thought that trying to be good would turn out to be such a pain in the ass? That ending is something else too, but I won’t get into that here, I’d say that it’s the perfect one for this book. On its way to Finland today (05.05.2008) |
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