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We just watched the TV reboot (or whatever you want to call it), belatedly. Interested to see if this holds up in the sober light of 2026!
It's a nostalgic re-read so far. Hornby drops 'retard' and 'oriental' in the first chapter which I think dates it!
Had a lot of affection for this when I read it on publication, but I'm not sure how well it would hold up now. Probably an essay in toxic masculinity.
That said, I don't remember how much/whether Hornby comments on that behaviour and mentality. ISTR the male protagonist of Juliet, Naked being framed in a more unambiguously negative (or at least unflattering) way, though it's a while since I read that now, too.
Page 75: She's right, of course. I am a fucking arsehole.
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Jan 15, 2026 03:21AM
We just watched the TV reboot (or whatever you want to call it), belatedly. Interested to see if this holds up in the sober light of 2026!
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It's a nostalgic re-read so far. Hornby drops 'retard' and 'oriental' in the first chapter which I think dates it!
Had a lot of affection for this when I read it on publication, but I'm not sure how well it would hold up now. Probably an essay in toxic masculinity.That said, I don't remember how much/whether Hornby comments on that behaviour and mentality. ISTR the male protagonist of Juliet, Naked being framed in a more unambiguously negative (or at least unflattering) way, though it's a while since I read that now, too.
Page 75: She's right, of course. I am a fucking arsehole.
