Maureen, JJ and Martin have new jobs now. The first thing I will say is that if you mind cussing in a book, do not pick this up. So that totals about five pages that I actually enjoyed. But then, so many people like harlequin romances, and Dane Cook, and Big Brother. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. 'A Long Way Down': Friends in High Places. Hornby's novel A Long Way Down was published in 2005, with a film version of this book released in 2014. Des tiers approuvés ont également recours à ces outils dans le cadre de notre affichage d’annonces. I hate that it was, because I loved About a Boy and I think Nick Hornby is fantastically funny. It sounds extreme, but I find myself processing his books sentence by sentence rather than chapter by chapter. Martin tells them about a newspaper article he read according to which people who want to commit suicide need 90 days to overcome their predicament. . In no way is it to belittle those insights to note that Hornby might not have had to search too far afield for them. After the third read, a couple of days ago, I truly began to love this book because I can relate to most of the main characters in some way. Who would think a book about four people who contemplate suicide on New Year's Eve would be funny? But it brings me and the characters to many realizations that thinking about killing yourself and actually doing it are two different animals. And it's more than just enjoying his writing; I have a warm and fuzzy affection for him. Suicide is not a laughing matter. I'm holing out hope that the film might be better. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. At another TV show Jess admits that the angel story was not true. Four strangers meet at arguably the lowest point in their lives and form an unlikely bond. Riverhead Books. So they decide to hold their decision until 31 March. Four people meet on New Year's Eve, and form a surrogate family to … One week later they're on a plane to Tenerife. That bothered me. And yet. . Since I reserve my "5" ratings for those books that will stay with me forever, I am giving A Long Way Down a 4. Atleast that's what I thought till a few months back. Nick Hornby Collection 6 Books Set Pack RRP: £ 52.94 (Nick Hornby High Fidelity, Nick Hornby about a Boy, Nick Hornby Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby a Long way down, Nick Hornby how to be Good, Nick Hornby Slam) (Nick Hornby Collection) by Nick Hornby Something went wrong. How could you not, if you're a human being? "Wildly enjoyable. Three are British, one is American. th. Découvrez les avantages de l'application Amazon. This book is written as individual narratives - first one character speaks, then the next, then the next and so it goes, but it jumps from character to character without clear breaks. Blah. Maureen is an unworldly single mother who feels imprisoned by caring for a son who can neither speak nor walk nor recognize her, the product of her only sexual encounter. I didn't actually like this book until page 85 and I did like the part slightly farther along where Penny finds out that Martin left her to "see his friends" when he really left to go jump off a building was funny in a sad sort of way.