Thursday 18 November 2010

About a boy: bookreport


About a Boy – Nick Hornby

The title “About a Boy“ lets people believe that there is only one important person in the novel. But it isn’t like that. There is the 36-year-old Will Freeman who often behaves like a child and the 12-year-old Marcus Brewer who behaves like an adult as he has learned to do because of the problems at home. When they meet they quickly recognize that they need each other to make their days happier. Marcus wants to have Will as a second father and Will needs Marcus because of his adult behaviour. So Marcus can tell Will what to do if he needs advice. This leads to the fact that at the end of the book Will has helped Marcus out of his weird world into the world of a normal 12-year-old boy and Marcus has helped Will out of his teenager world into the world of a normal 36-year-old man.

At first the plot of the novel has two different strands: One from Will’s point of view and one from Marcus’. From the time they know each other there is only one strand of the plot.

If you like to read a novel with funny passages and sad topics which makes you think about family structures, the relationship between women and men, bullying and death, this novel would be suitable for rainy autumn days.

Tina Maier., 18 years

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