Sunday, November 21, 2010

Juliet, Naked, by Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy) is a great writer, and I enjoyed this book.  Hornby lets us get deep into the character's head, similar to the way Stephen King does, and I like that.  We really get to know the three main characters:  Duncan and Annie, who are in a stale relationship, and Tucker Crowe, a retired rocker.

My only complaint is that Hornby could have done more with the situations.  He set up some good conflicts, but they didn't pay off like I thought they would.  (I suppose I have the same complaint about High Fidelity, a movie I wanted to like but couldn't.)

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