– Rob er en noenogtredveårig musikkfantast som driver en konkurstruet platebutikk og ellers ikke gjør så mye. Men når kjæresten, Laura, flytter fra ham og livet hans faller sammen, begynner han å se tilbake på livet sitt og de mest minneverdige jentene som har slått opp med ham, og han bestemmer seg for å oppsøke dem og finne ut hvorfor de gjorde det. Dette er en både morsom og rørende bok om en mann som kanskje ikke har kontroll på livet sitt, men han har i hvert fall orden i platesamlinga. Musikken spiller også en stor rolle gjennom boka, for Rob forbinder det meste som har skjedd ham med musikk. Dermed er dette en god bok både hvis du er interessert i musikk og i hva som driver et menneske.

– There's a great passage in High Fidelity where Rob talks about all of the sad songs about broken hearts he has listened to in his life. He's listened to them over and over thousands of times, and he wonders if he likes them because he's so miserable or if he's so miserable because he has listened to those songs. When I read the passage, I just about died laughing. I've asked the same question of myself, only substituting books for songs. In a way, High Fidelity is a great book because of what this passage is talking about, though. It's a novel written about a loser for losers (like me) to read.
Nick Hornby knows who his audience is. His audience is people who have been through spoiled by the society in which they've been raised and haven't yet learned how to actually live. Rob is this person and he ultimately begins to grow up, and he gives all losers some hope. High Fidelity is an engaging, funny, and pretty wise novel that a lot of people can relate to.