Nick Hornby gives the reader a view of suicide through the thoughts of four distinct characters in A Long Way Down. The reader is presented with a unique writing style that shuffles the narrator of the story through the four protagonists that have all met one new years eve on the roof of Toppers House, a "hot spot" if you will in London for people to jump and commit suicide.I found the book to be fairly repetitive and predictable. The characters would give you a hint of their past, then they would come around again and give you a taste more... and so on and so on. It was quite enjoyable as they developed during the first half of the book but I really lost interest on the back nine. I managed to finish only because I hate leaving a book un-read - you never know if the author has something waiting for you in those last 30 pages.This was my first Hornby but I plan to give another one or two a shot.A Long Way Down - 2 starsBe happy,Matthew Sherman