And for a book that has bullying, attempted suicide, failure to launch, serial womanizing taken to extreme lengths, and more - this is pretty light reading. But there are a lot of redeeming qualities. Hornby has a way of just laying a conflict bare in snappy, casual language. He's great at building characters.
Marcus, especially, is just fantastically done. You can hear him maturing as the pages turn.
Final call:
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It should only take a few hours to get through this. For that, it's worth it. Certainly some memorable characters and a laugh out loud moments.
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