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Summary: Not bad but I doubt I'll remember it for long...
Review: Sometimes, I stumble with a book and never get back into it. I did finish this book over the course of a month. A few times a week, I would pick it up before going to bed. Yet, it wasn't one of those books that I would tear through in an evening. My gauge of a good book is to consider if I think the stories and lessons learned will stay with me. I don't think that I'll reflect on the characters or stories much in the future. I kept with the story, but would have rather got it from the library than pay the full hardback price.
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Summary: Good read, but a little inconsistent
Review: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing was a good and maybe even great read. It kept me involved, however the chapters didn't flow very well. It seemed as though each chapter was written by a different person with a different writing style. Overall, I enjoyed the book. There were two chapters that I really think she should not have included. Every chapter in the book is about Jane Rosenthal, except one. It would have been nice to have at least a little bit of a tie to the rest of the book, but it was a random chapter thrown in about another family. The other chapter I didn't like was about breast cancer. It seemed to be thrown in to give the character depth, but it really just seemed out of place. Like an action sequence thrown in to keep the audience up close.Although much of my review has a negative tone, I really did enjoy the book. It is a great book about becoming an adult and dating in today's world. It deals with the many confusions of being a single woman today, and it was written well. Bank just needed to tie the chapters together a little better.
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Summary: may time swiftly dispose of this infantile genre
Review: One star solely for its sociological value: an insight into how pathetic today's young American women are, especially if they identify with this tripe. "Girls' Guide" is yet another example of the "woe is me, I'm an over-educated 20-30ish caucasian woman in NYC with so many choices in my life it's paralyzing me" style. "Animal Husbandry," "In the Drink", "Sex in the City", on and on and on, always the same puerile refusal to approach life and relationships with not even an atom of maturity. In conformity with her self-absorbed female-writer kin, Bank allows her voice to pervade her fiction to the point of distraction; she should have just dubbed her title character "Melissa Bank" and had her agent market the book as a memoir. It frightens me that this book is popular. Read Dorothy Parker or Sylvia Plath if you want writing that's finely-wrought, with genuine wit, angst, and pain. Or better yet, take an opposite tack with Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility -- refreshing, eternal foils to the transient noise emanating from Bank and her ilk.
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Summary: Interesting Narration with a Relatable Female Narrator
Review: This is a great book, as it represents an unmarried female in a realistic manner. Unlike the flighty, wacky Bridget Jones, Jane is someone that is interesting, that you would really want to sit down with. The story is not completely new, but the style of narration is. With a fresh look at romances, this book gives a slap in the face to that ridiculous "The Rules" book, and many other "how can I snag a man" manuals. A great read!
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Summary: Fantastic, I can't think of a woman who shouldn't read it...
Review: ...unless you've never struggled through a relationship. It made me laugh out loud and cry. If you've ever read or heard about The Rules this book makes perfect sense. Jane's struggle with the fictional "Rules" was hysterical. I disagree with the earlier reviews that say this isn't a novel, but short stories. I think the flow works and it is obviously a story about a woman maturing and finding out what she wants out of life. I read it in a day and wished there was more.
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Summary: An interesting read
Review: This is one of the better books that I've read recently. It got me really engrossed. The story line is simple yet enchanting. The character Jane might be plain but she's charming in her own way. This book is for girls who had been in love before yet not sure if he's the right guy... As enjoyable as it was,there was this part of the book which I didn't quite catch. It's the chapter "The Best Possible Light". It talks about "Nina's" children. It got me quite puzzled as I was not sure if the author was still talking about Jane. If so,why did the kids call her Nina? If anyone can clear my doubt,do feel free to e-mail me. Thanks!
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Summary: Good... not great
Review: I was taken in by the first chapter of this book, and was seemingly deceived into thinking thatit would be a continuous story. It was not. It jumped all over the place, and while I was not confused, I was irritated.She's 15, she's 25, she's 53, she's in her 30's? The wit and humour appealed to me, as I have the same sensibilites, but I cannot honestly say that I will remember this book tomorrow, and compared to the other 3 books I've read this week alone (memoirs of a geisha 4 stars, Jemima J, 3.5 stars, briget Jones, EOR 100000 stars) it ranks very very poorly. It seemed like required summer reading, i did it,now I am ready to move on.
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Summary: Something new and refreshing
Review: "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" by Melissa Bank offers something new and refreshing: an insightful look into modern courtship rituals. The book does this through the eyes of its protagonist Jane who looks at herself and her family and friends to try to find the true meaning of love and happiness in the 90's. I like how the author uses Jane in all but one of her short stories. I even liked the short story that didn't pertain to Jane or her surroundings. It reminded me of a commercial that comes on after watching 15 minutes of a sitcom; it was just a change of pace. I'm anticipating a wonderful writing career for this brilliant new author.
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Summary: Not what its hyped to be
Review: I was very dissappointed in this book. The protagonist is a whiney person, who really can't figure out what she wants in life. There is a chapter in the middle that doesn't even relate to the rest of the book. To call this a novel, is a farce, it is a series of vignettes that do not flow all that well. The dialogue is weak. The best part of the book is the last chapter. This could have been a decent short story. None of the rest of the chapters even related to the title.
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Summary: Easy Read
Review: Great book - easy reading. I read the whole thing on a car-ride home from the in-laws & it made the time fly!
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