Book Recommendation: A Long Way Down (2006) By Nick Hornby



***Actually I wrote this one while ago. But it was in a movie section. So because of my newly opened "Book Zone" was established, I found it quite appropriate to put this one where it belong (Actually I was kind of lazy to write any new articles haha+)***

Last week I went to bookstore in Guangzhou. My determination is to buy something to read, because books that I brought here with me were all finnished. While I're browsing through the shelves (Danille Steele's novel.....Yuck!), I saw new Nick Hornby's novel which is called "A Long Way Down". For me, It was like I've found something valuable, because I always like his work. I also like movies that based on his books such as High Fidelity (seriously, who don't like), Fever Pitch, About a boy or even shamelessly adapted Perfect Catch (the one with Drew Barrymore).

So back to this book, It's a story of 4 unrelated people who coincidentally want to suicide and meet each other at the top of building. There's a guy who f__ked up his star life by sleeping with 15 years old girl. There's a depressed middle age women who got only her disable son. There's a 18 years old girl who can't stop swearing and casing problems. And finally, there's an American rock musician who just broke up with his band and his girl. Together they are least likely to be a perfect functioned group.

I read it through in only one week. The reason that I read it quite fast because it's too fascinating to put it down. We were given each layer of story by each person narration. It starts with Martin to Muareen to Jess to JJ and then back to Martin and so on. Thier perspective in life is so weired and outstanding at the same time. I have a blast while observe their life through these words that come from a mastermind like Nick Hornby. For me, I should called his latest novel as the best novel he've ever written (so far).

Next time I might talk about his "31 Songs" which was kind of cool non-fiction (if you're really into songs like Nick).














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