Click – Nicky Hornby et al.
Jan 1st, 2009 by Ashley
Sorry if I sound disrespectful. The book was completed by 10 writers, but let’s face it, there’s only one that I care about, who was the reason I started this book in the first place.
The book started as a story about the definition of a family and grieving process, became a journey of personal discovery, then gradually evolved to a mystery, and turned into a sci-fi at the end. The center character was a deceased photographer, Gee, who apparently led a more than colorful and intriguing life. But instead of trying to satisfy our curiosity and tell us as much of his life and secrets, they decided to stretch the story to five generations, and used two chapters to build a not so interesting future world and one to wrap the previous 9 chapters.
I was left hungry for more when I finished the book. There were so much left to be explored. It pains me not being able to piece everything together. For me, the story jumped shark when it’s turned into sci-fil which was completely unnecessary. The writers failed to deliver the point they were trying to make, or perhaps, they didn’t have a point at all. You’d think they should at least make it interesting, but no. All those imaginary “future reality” were dull and… pointless.
As for the writers, there were some who built up the story really well. But one of them bored me out of my skull who managed a twist at the end (of that chapter) rather insincerely. There was another one whose writing was really awful. It was like a torture having to read through it (in order to continue to the next chapter, I HAD to read it!) However, thank goodness for Nick Hornby. Nick Hornby really has a way with words. He grabs you in with a few sentences. His natural flowing words, not forced in any way. He reminds us those little things that we tend to forget and oversee in life. He makes us reflect.
In all, it was still an enjoyable read.