Juliet, Naked by Nick HornbyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Sweet story about people whose lives did not turn out the way they expected, and who aren't quite sure what to do about it. I was glad that it got less depressing towards the end of the book, though I didn't find the plot very believable. Of course, that was part of the point - Hornby was being very tongue-in-cheek about the totally implausible happenings throughout the book, having the main characters refer to this directly. I still didn't think it was the best approach. But I like my fiction to be as realistic as possible, so maybe not a fault of this particular book. Magic realism, in particular, turns me off... just because we are all aware that everyone is aware that it's unrealistic on purpose, doesn't make it any more readable.
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