Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. He can just do what he wants when he wants: like listen to whatever music he likes, look up the girls that are on his list, and generally behave as if Laura never mattered. But Rob finds he can't move on. He's stuck in a really deep groove - and it's called Laura. Soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about love, about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do.
Thoughts
So I finally read High Fidelity!! About time I hear you say. In my defense I started it a year ago but I couldn't get into it. Nick Honby has never really been a favorite of mine, I'm a David Nichols kinda of "gurl", I find Nick Honby a bit too"guardian" too polished, like he's over thinking his jokes and failing miserably.
But to my surprise once I picked this up again I couldn't stop! High Fidelity is brilliant. My opinion of Mr. Honby has improved, although I still find him a bit here and there, a Mike Gayle type of bloke with bits of funny escapism.
I wont bother repeating the synopsis, that's a tedious exercise, read the synopsis above if you haven't already. What I would say however is that High Fidelity is funny, well written and not as self-obsessed as I originally thought. This is one of his books I would recommend. Now I'm off to eat crow.
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