Joel Goodman Male, 25, Married. Greenville, IL, USA

The only thing that made this book enjoyable were the two pages that mentioned Dick from High Fidelity. Overall, the book was quintessential Nick Hornby, I just didn't enjoy the subject matter.

I also had to get back into Hornby's style of writing. He has a tendency to always sound like he's starting a whole new section, but it never really goes anywhere and you have to connect it back to the rest of the story. Which I liked in High Fidelity and Long Way Down, but was sort of hard to follow when the subject matter is about the conflict of whether to divorce your husband or not.

And the last sentence confused me, which is never good. I'm still not sure how the book ended, and there was nothing else left after the final words.

I think fans of Nick Hornby should read How To Be Good at least once, but it probably won't be your favourite book by him. I probably won't read it again.

I'm still not sure how I feel about this book. Sometimes Follett's writing is great, other times it's juvenile. Sometimes I want to skip whole chapters because the story is so slow, and other times I can't read fast enough to find out what happens next. This conflict frustrates me and leaves me with a somewhat indifferent attitude toward the story.

I bought the cheap version of the book with the intention of buying a nice hardcover if I liked it. Well, I like the book enough to want to read the sequel, but not enough to replace my cheap copy of the first.

Okay, so the beginning may have been a little bit slow - but not enough to put you off of the book. And as you keep reading, you realise how necessary all of it was.

The character and location development is gorgeous. The storytelling is witty and intelligent and moves along well after the first bit.

I absolutely loved the story, mostly because of its depth and intelligence.