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The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing (Thorndike Large Print General Series)

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing (Thorndike Large Print General Series)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best of the genre!
Review: Melissa Banks novel is the best of the contemporary urban novels out there for single women in their late 20's to late 30's. I loved it and it is written in a very original manner. This book is better than either of the Bridget Jones' series and is on par with In the Drink and Fried Calamari (two books I would highly recommend for those readers who liked TGGTHAF)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Quite Intriguing
Review: I agree with those who state this is not a book of dramatic prose or unique use of language. It is however, how many of us late twentysomethings and early thirtysomethings are dealing with our imperfect lives - wronged relationships, how to get into a relationship, how to get out of a relationship, career decisions, and lifestyle choices.

I found Ms. Banks to be lighthearted and bold enough to express how life's complicated problems are really quite simple. I also agree with another reviewer who commented she did not want the book to end. I think if you can relate to Jane, you get pulled in by her story and follow her loyally to the end.

If you would like to read something uplifting, but without the uproariously ridiculous happy ending, read this. This book shows how life doesn't always go as planned and it can still be a good. If you want prose and language, pull out Pride and Prejudice.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A totally involving story
Review: This book is so deeply involving that it almost becomes aggravating when the main character exercises her own will. In each chapter, you're drawn right in to Jane's world no matter which stage of her life she jumps to. And she does make some big jumps. She goes suddenly from being an early adolescent in one chapter to being a twenty-something in the next. The gaps, while a bit startling, are not a deterrent to the story. Actually, the book reads like a collection of short stories - they just happen to be about the same person.

My only two complaints can readily be argued as positive qualities of the book. First, there's a red herring in one chapter. It's rather frustrating because the story is just as involved as the others in the book - it just goes unresolved. The book's ending, too, is troublesome. While completely believable, it wasn't what I wanted to happen. It was frustrating to see Jane go in a direction I didn't approve of even though it was appropriate for her character. You could say I didn't want her story to end yet. And such is the mark of a good book.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good for a light read
Review: GGHF was recommended to me by an English major friend of mine. It took me a while to finally get around to reading it, but I'm actually glad I did. I'll admit that it wasn't as good as Fielding's Bridget Jones, or a lot of other short fiction that's been hitting the shelves lately, but I wasn't looking for a literary masterpiece. If you want a fairly quick, light read, this is a great book. It's not one to get too overly analytical of, as some readers seem to have done. I read it over the span of a few busy days where I could only pick it up for a few minutes at a time, but I never felt lost. Some stories are poignant, touching, and others are very funny, causing my friends to glance at me warily when I read it during a terribly boring class. Don't read it expecting literary genius, read it expecting a simple set of stories that give us a glimpse into Jane's world, that many of us could identify with.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This Book Spoke To Me
Review: I loved this book and I was genuinely saddened when I finished it because I did not want to end my time with the characters. The honest, down-to-earth, yet incredibly witty way that Ms. Bank writes really resonated with me...I felt like she was expressing all the confusion and maddeneningly unrelenting self-examination that women of our time go through.

Thank you for writing this book, Ms. Bank...please put something else out there soon.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Warning: Majorly overhyped
Review: I bought this on the strength of a magazine review and Amazon's own positive customer reviews. Boy, was I disappointed. I expected humor and wit at least on par with Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones' Diary. What I got was a series of disjointed short stories about lead character Jane Rosenal and her none too amusing love life. (The stories keep leaping back and forth in time from Jane's childhood to adulthood. Why? A straightforward chronology would have been less confusing; more preferable.)

I liked the first story best, when Jane is a little girl befriending her brother's girlfriend on a family holiday. It's thoughtful and sets a tone that unfortunately the rest of the book doesn't match. The rest of the stories seem gimmicky, or at worst, like half-baked short-story ideas from a writing workshop stretched out to fill pages.

Read Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones books instead for great laughs and more insight, or turn to fellow Brits Nick Hornby or Alex Garland for cutting-edge Gen-X fiction. What can I say? At least these authors have real talent.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I loved it!
Review: I felt like I was reading the story of my life with certain identifying details altered. Ms. Bank's analyses of different relationships rang very true. Her writing is masterly as is her command of the comic. I've recommended it to people who've since thanked me for steering them toward this well written and insightful volume.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Married is Better!
Review: Towards the summer, when thoughts turn to sun and sand, there are ceratin titles which are published that are geared towrds the twenty and thirty something dating scene. In 1999, two books were published shortly after the success of Bridget Jones' Diary which meet this criteria. They were Otherwise Engaged and The Girl's Guide to to Hunting and Fishing. Although I read all three of the above mentioned books I really would recommend Girl's Guide to the other two.

Written as a collection of interweaving and interlocking stories all but one entranced me and had my fingers hurriedly turning the pages. The central character isJane Rosenal who we are first introduced to in the story Advanced Beginners, when she is 14 and her 20 year old brother brings home his 28 year old girlfriend. And from there we follow Jane as she lives with a considerably older man to the title story where Jane finds love when she gives up playing by the "rules."

This book was filled with a good dose of humor and wit and at times, great poignancy. I imagine that many will be waiting to read Banks' next book -I will most probably be first in line.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I absolutely loved this book. I cried and laughed and fell in love with the realness of Jane. I read this book all day today and had to go to a dinner party before I finished the last 15-20 pages. I found myself wanting to come home early to find out the ending. I am ready for the author's next book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I absolutely loved this book. I cried and laughed and fell in love with the realness of Jane. I read this book all day today and had to go to a dinner party for the holiday before I finished the last 15-20 pages. I found myself wanting to come home early to find out the ending. I am ready for the author's next book.


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