Just the best

What a joyous book. I truely loved every word. I haven’t read a Nick Hornby book for years he is a marvellous writer. The narrators were perfect and the writing sublime.

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Not my favourite, but still an interesting read

I liked it but didn't love it. I feel like it acknowledges political points of interest (brexit, trump), ageism and racism, but it didn't hit me as hard as other similiar books like 'such a fun age'. Maybe I was looking for more scandalous details? I'm not sure.

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slow beginning but a wonderful build

I almost gave up reading this but once you get through the first couple of chapters the story really unravels and you get a real look in the insecurities and anxieties of modern couples. Read this book for a lovely journey, with a unique ending.

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Impressive Tale of Possible Romeo & Juliet

Loved this book. A different story, with great, believable characters touching our predilection to pre-judge.

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Nick Hornby scores again

Nick Hornby is able to inhabit the minds of his characters, male or female, young or old. I totally empathise with them all as he nuts out why arguments happen and why someone said what they did. But it's all done with great fondness and humour and I find myself laughing, lying on my pillow with the light out and imagining the scenario.
The readers were brilliant and totally right for the roles

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Loved the actors, added such depth to it

Really liked the characters, until a bit of 'boys will be boys' crept in. I'm English but live outside of the UK, so the brexit narrative was really interesting to me - underlined how much division it created that's going to be very long lasting. Would recommend it, thoughtful but not heavy.

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A fun read

I enjoyed this book. It moved along well. Often made me laugh.
Best line for me was something like ...”one is disgusting and the other is a basic human right”
I won’t spoil it for you... you’ll just have to listen to it.

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great narrators

The two narrators were perfect. One of Hornby's top 3 books for sure. All done in one week's commute. Recommended.

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Just didn't draw me in

From the very beginning all the way to the end, it was a slog to "read". I was not invested in either character. They both seemed flat and uninteresting. Could this be because a white female character and a black male character were both written from a white man, who doesn't completely understand what is like to be either? Just something I thought while reading as they didn't feel like they could or would be real characters. I had high hopes as it covered racism, agism, politics - all topics I love to be challenged in a book. I feel like the climax of the story could have been the ending and wasn't impressed by the ending when it did come. Felt pushed. I didn't love it, but I hope you do.

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a pleasant listen

I enjoyed this to some degree. An easy listen and brought up some relevant issue around age, race, class and politics.

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