I don't think i could justify in words just how much i love the book/film. It's pretty sad that it's very much close to home! I can relate to Rob a lot, a music geek who thinks about the bigger picture too much and doesn't know anything about girls and is basically, while on the surface your average guy, is more of a misfit deep down. And he has his dis-functional friends of course.
I love the book more, it's my favourite book and it has the edge just because it's from a british point of view. It's a lot easier to imagine the story with that Camden record shop in the background and i think Rob is better suited to being english.
The film is brilliant too, they took a risk setting it in Chicago and it doesn't ruin it. Jack Black is brilliant (A COSBY SWEATER!!!) and John Cusack does a good job as Rob. One of my favourite scenes in any film is in HF when he puts on Dry The Rain by The Beta Band, it's just brilliant and puts shivers up my spine.
So yeah, as a story i quite like it :p
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