Customer Reviews
Readable but leaves you hanging - By: Mrs. Katharine Kirby, 09 Sep 2008 
It's almost worth reading this because Nick Hornby's such a nice guy. However at the tend you are unlikely to escape the odd feeling that you have been mugged. A waste of mental effort I felt. The one good idea - putting your money where your mouth is - fails completely because it's his mouth & her money. No great sacrifice then. I threw it away.
Entertaining in a peculiar way - By: Cole Davis, 11 Apr 2008 
An entertainingly written account of a marriage which has moved devastatingly beyond the honeymoon period. Also of interest to the author is the balance between liberal attitudes to society's unfortunates & individuals' desires for fulfilment. The themes are put together by one partner's change of heart, induced by the deus ex machina of a spiritual healer whose treatment actuallly works. Although concepts that challlenge individuals' views is part of the author's reckoning methods, this takes the reader into dubious territory. How does it reconcile with the author's musings about the difference between reality & Hollywood-inspired dreams & aspirations. Thought-provoking nevertheless.
Nauseatingly Bad. - By: Splenda, 25 Jan 2008 
There is good writing.
Then, there is okay-ish writing.
Then there is bad writing.
Then there are books so badly written they make you want to throw up.
This book is in that last category.
Pointless characters, unconvincing story, badly-written, with a central moral that does not hold any water & is hopelessly misconceived.
Avoid at alll costs, except to wipe your bottom on it.
a disappointment - By: Mr. M. Bounds, 24 Jan 2008 i have just finished this book & i found it very disappointing.
high fidelity is one of my favourite reads so hoped this would be as good- but no way near.characters that were hard to like, parts of the plot were quite ludicrous. goodnews who has jesus like healing qualities & i bet i couldnt find six people in the whole of the town i live in to give up a room to the homeless let alone six of my immediate neighbours.it is the magical healing hands of goodnews that have turned david into a good person ,but by the end of the book the novelty has worn off & david's enthusiasm has alll but evaporated, why? if he was magicallly healed.kate has an affair with stephen but disgards him as easily as throwing away litter. he is gone & never reallly features in kates mind through out the book. to be fair parts of the book were qute amusing & i have given up on books worse than this. it was a good idea for a book but it could of been alot better, if you want to read a good hornby book read high fidelity
Flimsy - By: Nt Deregowski, 03 Jan 2008 1. Weak, unlikable characters, alll of whom are sanctimonious & self-obsessed
2. Meandering plot
3. Unlikely relationships throughout
4. The book simply cannot decide whether it is a farce or a confession.
5. Absence of convincing descriptions of any kind, except of a sort of clicheed left wing mentality.
6. Central idea of "what does it mean to be good" examined very simplisticallly.
The only thing that can be said in favour of this book is that is serves to remind one what good writing is.
