Nick Hornby is always so fun to read, even if the story is about four depressed people who meet attempting suicide! This Hornby required way more patience and suspension of disbelief than usual; the premise was super super contrived and if it were another, less hilarious writer, I would have been totally irritated.
The four members of this gang of survivors feel to varying degrees guilty, discouraged, hopeless, and out of control: JJ the failed American rocker; Martin the scandalized newscaster; Maureen, single mother to a 19 yr old son born in a vegetative state; and Jess the obnoxious angst-ridden teen. The way this mismatched foursome manages to support and exhasperate each other is somehow entertaining and uplifting.
The four members of this gang of survivors feel to varying degrees guilty, discouraged, hopeless, and out of control: JJ the failed American rocker; Martin the scandalized newscaster; Maureen, single mother to a 19 yr old son born in a vegetative state; and Jess the obnoxious angst-ridden teen. The way this mismatched foursome manages to support and exhasperate each other is somehow entertaining and uplifting.
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