Juliet, Naked
Now a major motion picture starring Ethan Hawke and Rose Byrne! From the beloved New York Times- bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Now a major motion picture starring Ethan Hawke. Nick Hornby returns to his roots--music and messy relationships--in this funny and touching novel that thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England's bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan that mirrors the place; Tucker, once a brilliant songwriter and performer, has gone into seclusion in rural America--or at least that's what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker's work to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three. Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition, and indeed life, evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions about the struggle to live up to one's promise.
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Just because you want a baby, it does not give you the right to trick a man into ejaculating inside of you.
There is nothing worse (to me) than a woman forcing a man to do something he doesn't want to do. Juliet, Naked was an OK novel about a woman named Annie that can't seem to tame her boyfriend, Duncan. Duncan is so obsessed with a rock star, Tucker Crowe. There is a film under the same name. It wasn't until Annie meets Crowe that really grind...read more
There is nothing worse (to me) than a woman forcing a man to do something he doesn't want to do. Juliet, Naked was an OK novel about a woman named Annie that can't seem to tame her boyfriend, Duncan. Duncan is so obsessed with a rock star, Tucker Crowe. There is a film under the same name. It wasn't until Annie meets Crowe that really grind...read more
I really enjoyed reading this book, but I came out feeling a bit empty. The ending is lazy, and there's not too much to think about afterwards. It's a pretty honest depiction of an old, long relationship. Tucker was written pretty well, too. I think perhaps the lack of mystery, confusion, and depth to the writing left me wondering what sort of novel this would qualify as, but to be honest.. there wasn't anything I learned or took from reading it....read more
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