Juliet, Naked - Final Thoughts
Well, I finally finished "Juliet" last night and I have to admit that I'm a wee bit disappointed. Without giving away the ending - in case the Gooner hasn't finished yet - I found it a bit of a damp squib. I suppose that I went into the book thinking that it would center on Duncan's obsession with this washed-up rocker. There are loads of questions buzzing around in my head about that relationship - e.g., why do most creative people have a short burst of inspiration and then years of nothing? - and Hornby seemed the ideal novelist to tackle these. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for another relationship-based novel this fall? I don't know; but certainly "Juliet, Naked" doesn't come close to knocking "High Fidelity" off my pedestal. How about the rest of you?
posted by The Blue Devil @ 9:32 AM
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The ambiguous ending left me rather indifferent. He shifted the main focus of the book and it did not impress. It did not make me throw the book across the room or feel like I wasted my time, unlike the latest by Pat Conroy
He's done better though.
Uh oh - tell me more about Conroy's latest. It was on my list to tackle this fall. Should I not bother?
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My thoughts on South of Broad
http://theblogofmystery.blogspot.com/2009/09/yelling-at-book-to-make-it-stop.html
Thanks, Someone. That was a good read and I enjoyed looking around your blog. Cheers.
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