A review by miagw962
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"It's like everyone's a supporting actor in the film of your life's story."
Of course. Isn't that how it works for everybody?

Not too much to say about this except I enjoyed it! I found myself relating to the main character which is both expected and alarming (he's self-deprecating like me but he's also self-centred, he's record collector like me but he's also a pretentious music snob). He doesn't really learn the errors of his ways until the very VERY end of the book but it's ok because I didn't mind hearing about his personal progress meandering along. I loved the British humour in this and I laughed many times. I also found it funny that while Rob our main character made fun of his coworker Barry for being a music snob and making fun of people when they don't know a certain artist, Rob did the exact same thing on multiple occasions - this initially made me mad but then I kind of looked at it as an apparent character flaw. I feel like he was a realistic character and I think that's why I enjoyed this overall. Yeah, he probably has the wrong ideas about women most of the time but don't all men?
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