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- Publisher: Penguin Audio UK
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0739462415
- ISBN-13: 978-0739462416
- ASIN: 0141806001
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
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Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block? Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I feel the very same way,
This review is from: A Long Way Down (Paperback)
So many books come recommended to me from friends, the Internet, bestseller lists, etc, that it gets mind boggling sometimes just trying to tell who is right. Sure, I bought, read, and loved some of the ones recommended to me. Books like McCrae's Katzenjammer, Patterson's Lifeguard, and Kidd's Secret Life of Bees. I loved them-all different. But the premise of A LONG WAY DOWN. You CAN'T go wrong with that! What a knock-out idea for a book. And what the author does with this material is even better than the idea! The story begins with four people from very different backgrounds who use New Year's Eve, not as a time to make for resolutions for the coming year, but instead to resolve to end their lives by jumping off a building. Coming together at such a low point in their lives unites the foursome, which includes a down on his luck talk show host, an older woman caring for a disabled son, a teen girl who can't handle her first breakup, and an American guy in his 20s whose band broke up and girlfriend dumped him. As an English writer, Nick Hornby uses the American to show some of the cultural differences in language, which I found hilarious. Anyway, although they don't always get along, the group gives each other support, simply by sharing the same depressing feeling that there is nothing more to live for. Must also recommend the highly unusual KATZENJAMMER (Soon to be a major motion piciture) and the really bizarre and thoroughly enjoyable TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, both which are equally as good as ALWD. I look forward to more books by Mr. Hornby as he's one heck of a great writer with wonderful ideas!
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best in a Long Time,
This review is from: Long Way Down (Hardcover)
I read "A Long Way Down" from cover to cover immediately upon its arrival. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. If you enjoyed Nick Hornby's "About a Boy" and especially "How to be Good" or such other titles as "My Fractured Life", "Good Grief", "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" and "Fight Club", then you should be as delighted with "A Long Way Down" as I was. It is a book I can read again and encourage others to. Good stuff!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another perspective on suicide, in a Dr Phil culture.,
By Tara Oakes (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Long Way Down (Paperback)
Fantastic read- Hornby tells the tale of four would-be suicide victims, as different as they can be, from each of their own perspectives. No sappy words or formula-fiction here: just a biting, witty take on something many people have thought about at one point or another. It's a serious issue, but Hornby write's about it so it becomes laugh-out-loud funny. One of the best contemporary novels I've read this year!
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