David Del Cid Del Cid itibaren 2113 Golema Rakovitsa, Bulgaristan
** spoiler alert ** I liked it a lot, it was a very long time since I read a whole book all in one day. There was a part in the middle that was a bit too much, but all in all it was a great book. It's New Year's Eve in London, England, and four different people accidentally meet on the roof of a 15-story building. They are all there for the same reason, to jump off the building, independently from each other, but the meeting ruins is it. Instead they agree to look after each other and from that point on, their life revolves around the four as a group. A weird ride follows. A very bumpy ride. Martin is a former national television breakfast-TV host who's lost everything because he slept with an underage girl. Maureen is a Catholic woman who has a 19-year-old son who is handicapped and she spends virtually all her time either looking after her son or in church. JJ is an American whose band just split up and he also broke up with his girlfriend. Jess is a messed up 18-year-old who is the daughter of an MP. Something is eating away at her, something that has something to do with the mysterious disappearance of her older sister Jen. The only thing these four have in common is their intention to end it all, but never the less they are drawn to each other. It is a very interesting and captivating book to read. Sometimes the plot seem a bit far out and far fetched, but if you just let yourself get caught up in it, in the moment, it's hard to put the book down (obviously it was for me anyway). It was the first ever Hornby book I've read. I'll admit one reason why I haven't read any of his other books is partly because I suspect that all the hype surrounding those books might have made my expectations too high, and I fear the books may not live up to the hype. But now I might just have to re-define that view.