This book was ridiculously easy to read, something that I really needed after slogging away at 'Jane Eyre'. The main protagonist Rob guides us through his disastrous relationship history, explaining why he feels none of them worked out, along with introducing us to his somewhat unexciting job in a record shop where he and his two collegues spends days making lists of their top five tunes/artists/genres etc.
We also find out that he has recently split up with his girlfriend Laura, and ponder on the reasons why and whether he will ever be able to win her back again.
One of the things about this story is that Rob is a very selfish man, simply excusing his behaviour as though he has a good given right to act this way simply because he is a male. He can't find any fault in himself, prefering to pin the negative reasons of his break ups on the women. He occasionally lets us know that this is the way men think and therefore it's acceptable and that it's all just a hilarious male joke. We are also left with no resolution which annoyed me, as I was hoping that Rob would have matured by the end of the novel, but he just appears the same, still making excuses for himself and that's not even a spoiler, just a fact.
However although Rob's way of thinking got to me a bit, I do appreciate that men do act this way, and therefore it wasn't exactly off the mark, and so for that reason it gets a 4 star rating for me.
Started 15th November
Finished 19th November
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