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Summary: Disappointed in S.F.
Review: What are we missing? Scratching the surface, but never had any depth. Who is coming of age in THIS America? In this book club of 30 - somethings we found very little to relate to. Jane never found, or even looked for, herself. We looked for her"self" as well. It's amazing what a good title, a Fargo-esque cover, and glowing big name reviews can do. Jane was very passive and accepting of what came to her. She may have been fishing but it was in a very shallow fishing hole. Melissa Banks offered us no real insight into who Jane was, how she felt, or what she wanted. The only time there was a hope of a connection with Jane was in the first chapter. Whatever happened to teenage Jane?
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Summary: entertaining novel
Review: Of course this is to be compared with Bridget Jones, and many have compared it unfavorably. Although this one is obviously a more serious look at a woman's development, I don't find it to be a stronger book, just a different one. It is well written, sometimes a bit too self-consciously witty, but overall a rather realistic portrait of a young woman's lessons in life and love.
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Summary: A cute summer book
Review: It's been fun to read, but it's not what I thought it was about. My family hunts and fishes and so serveral friends gave me this book as joke thinking it was about hunting and fishing. There was a girl's guide to smoking cigars, that was really about the title. So just don't make the same mistake we did. It's about hunting for men, not animals.
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Summary: Cute book
Review: I read this book on a whim while flying across the country. At first I wasn't sure I would like it but it did quickly become very entertaining. I really like the progression of her life and seeing her change from a young girl to a young woman, trying to find the right relationship, stuggle with her parents, find meaning at work...all things we can relate to. I really wound up liking this book a lot. It was a quick read and I couldn't put it down until I was done. Thats always a good sign to me!
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Summary: Hugely Entertaining
Review: I found this book enormously funny. I'd estimate at least three good guffaws every chapter. My husband came in to the bedroom to see why I was laughing. Great for those who appreciate dry, pithy sarcasm.
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Summary: Jane, have you met Bridget Jones?
Review: Very amusing. A book of such cliches, lower-middle-class value and provincial taste can make it to the bestseller list and actually get good reviews. "Better than" Bridget Jones, did you say? Have you BEEN to London? (New York was still mud huts when that great city held the world at bay as THE metropolis.) And if being a copycat was not self-insulting enough, the author and/or editors and/or misguided readers constantly compared this work to the other, much sharper and wittier work by Ms. Helen Fielding. Bridget is not perfect, far from it; but she is devastating funny, and has the ability to laugh at her own silliness. She has all the charms, qualms and sexuality of an urban woman. Jane, however, is nothing but a sagging bag of self-pity. I hope Robert discovers he's gay and leaves her soon.
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Summary: Waste of my time!
Review: I can't believe this book is so popular! It is so boring, and the characters, ungodly boring! I mean that old man she shacks up with? What is that? They couldn't have sex, he was an alcoholic and he was twice her age (yeah, I would stay with him). It never dove in deep on the real issues; intimacy, loss, friendship, loyalty and betrayal. It was too superficial, boring and ridiculous.
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Summary: I didn't want it to end !
Review: I finished this book today, and really did not want it to end. For me, the characters were so alive, the story so rivetting...I loved every word ! Ms. Banks provided me with some of my most favorite moments in reading.....I literally loved every word. Made me laugh, cry, and most importantly, think. A great, great, book....loved it. Thank you, Melissa, for the incredible story you wove...and selfishly, please.....more, more, more.....
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Summary: Definitely Not Bridget Jones
Review: When I first picked up this book, the first thing I thought of was Bridget Jones, one of my favorites. I got through this book in about 2 days and was left thinking "huh?" I guess I expected much more. I enjoyed the stories, but not as much as I had hoped. So my advice: if you loved Bridget Jones and are looking for something similar, you won't find it in Jane Rosenal.
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Summary: had me laughing!
Review: I listened to the audio version of this book while l drove to and from work. On more than a handful of occasions l was caught by other commuters laughing my head off! Jane Rosenthal's relationships were varied and realistic, from her time with older man, Archie, to how her hackles rose when staying with her boyfriend at his ex girlfriend's. It was poignant at times too, when she visited her sick father in hospital and how he felt about Archie. I had a little trouble with the fragmented story as it is difficult with a story like this on audio tapes, but it kept me largely entertained!
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