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Summary: this is a great book, funny ,serious, moving
Review: picked up this book by chance and bought it after reading the first few lines of it. i enjoyed this book so,so much. about a boy who had to grow up too fast and a man who was happy never having grown up and how in their encounter, the man teaches the boy how to be a kid again and in the process, grows up a little himself and finds its not so bad after all.the characters were believable and the comedic timing was great. i found myself laughing out loud at times and moved to tears at others. got high fidelity after this book and while i enjoyed that too, it didnt compare to about a boy for me.
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Summary: A saviour for contemporary lit!
Review: Simply put: a fantastic work by one of the best working writers. I especially enjoyed the varying perspectives from chapter to chapter, but what made this work so successful was its ability to draw the reader into the plot, humor, and ultimately make the reader *care* about the characters. Somewhat rare nowadays.
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Summary: Great follow up to "High Fidelity"
Review: Being a music obsessed geek, "High Fidelity" is, naturally, one of my favorite books of all time and while "About a Boy" couldn't have possibly been as powerful, I enjoyed it nearly as much. A funny and charming story to begin with but I thought that the incorporation of the Nirvana stuff was a stroke of genius. I'm sure that critics will eventually begin griping about how *all* of Hornby's books are about immature, pop music and/or sports obsessed men in their 30's but Hornby is to the immature, pop music and/or sports obsessed men in their 30's genre (if you can call it that) what John Grisham is to earnest legal thrillers or Danielle Steele is to trashy soap operas.
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Summary: what's great about hornby is this..
Review: he writes things you can relate to. he writes about regular type people, and makes them special. these people make perfect sense, because you know them, or you ARE them. now, i think the trouble that some people had with this book is that they couldn't relate quite as much as they could to high fidelity. i had the opposite problem, because i am not a guy. high fidelity is a GUY book, about a guy, how he thinks, not that a woman can't get into it because he's an excellent writer but they can't relate in the same way. this one is also about a guy, but it's also about other things that i can relate to better. i can always relate to the music thing, but the bits about being young and motherhood and all that will make me nod in the same way that you guys were nodding over high fidelity. his prose and wit is as good as ever if not better, as everyone seems to agree. give this one a try.
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Summary: great british humor
Review: I really liked this book-it didn't try to be too dramatic or emotional, but it was touching anyway. It was a different plot with original characters, and it was one of the VERY FEW books that actually made me laugh out loud-Hornby really has a way with words, and as an american, i found the british expressions invigoratingly fresh!! A great, lighthearted yet touching book.
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Summary: Excellent read on growing up no matter what age
Review: Thoroughly enjoyed this book by Hornby. Picked it up luckily, and was glad I did. Hornby understands what it's like for kids to grow up, and it's an amazing story and poignant of two kids (one kid at heart, and one kid) and the valuable lessons they can teach each other.
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Summary: Great fun, and insight into men too!
Review: I agree with other reviewers, it's not as good as High Infidelity. But it's a funny, enjoyable, light read about a London man's journey to emotional maturity.
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Summary: A unque coming of age story-a boy teaching a man to grow up
Review: Nick Hornby does it again--that free flowing stream of conciousness writing he does so well works beautifully in this comical novel of two men--one twelve year old going on forty and one forty year old, going on twelve. They are infectious characters with blunt and painful answers to life's most uncomfortable moments but ultimately break your heart with their sincerity. It's heartfelt and funny--a great follow up to "High Fidelty".
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Summary: Entertaining and Realistic
Review: This was an excellent book. The characters were real and I think that most readers could relate to Will, Marcus or Fiona. Will's struggle to keep his emotional distance from any real relationships is handled well. Will's and the other characters thought process throughout the book also seem very human. Even though he deals with some serious subjects he does it in an humorous manner and at all times I could picture his characters as real. As soon as I was done with this book I picked up one of his other books Hi-Fidelity.
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Summary: A good relaxing read.
Review: Although thisa book may not be the most exciting book, it keeps your attention, and is very well written. Hornby includes wit, charm, and you get to know the characters as if they were your neighbors.
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