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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
I was one of the people who was very impressed with the wit and style of Melissa Bank's "Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing." So I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the second book. Boy. The good thing is the narrator, like myself, is obsessed with Bob Dylan. Other than that, the prose and general pace of the book made me wonder if the author just couldn't get into writing the book. Reading it just made me feel, well- tired. I really couldn't connect with any of the characters and I finished it thinking, what exactly does the narrator care about?
BORING! Best word to describe this book. That and pointless. The characters were underdeveloped, the plot line was non-existent and the ending fell completely flat. So sad considering I absolutely loved her first novel, The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing.
i don't know what curtis sittenfeld is going on about. wonder spot made me like my life a bit more. to her credit, sittenfeld writes a better plot. but sometimes you don't always need a story. sometimes you just need good company.
good, but liked girls' guide to hunting & fishing better
Beautifully sharp lines and witty internal dialogue, but the pace and story is restless and spotty.
I was not at all sure of the point of this book. It seems like a completely unremarkable story of an ordinary person. It had its funny moments, but that didn't make up for its having no purpose.
I loved this book. Melissa Bank is one of the most slyly funny authors I know.
Like her other book, this is a series of vignettes, these focused on key moments (Wonder Spots) in the main character's life. I found the format engaging, and it was fun to see family members and friends reappear at different points in their lives as well. This format allows Bank's gifts as a writer to shine- she is at her best when observing and describing small details of people.
Like her other book, this is a series of vignettes, these focused on key moments (Wonder Spots) in the main character's life. I found the format engaging, and it was fun to see family members and friends reappear at different points in their lives as well. This format allows Bank's gifts as a writer to shine- she is at her best when observing and describing small details of people.
It's certainly well-written, but I don't know... It feels very distant and impersonal.
Just because I'm going through and getting rid of books, I'm deciding to let go of this one. I made it to page 36 in the hardcover (at least, that's where my bookmark was) and abandoned it, unimpressed. Maybe it's just where I was at that point in my life, but I really don't desire to pick this up again. Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing I recall being pretty good, but this one not so much.
I read this shortly after reading the author's previous book. I wish I had waited longer as the voice is very similar, and I kept comparing the two. The main character's voice sounds realistic for someone in her teens and twenties, but starts to sound a little hard to believe or naive once she gets to her thirties. She goes through men, but she is very loyal to her family. That is what I liked most about this book - her family members have their foibles and disagreements, but overall they had warm relationships. I love how she was in touch with her brothers, mother and grandmothers, despite not always wanting to be. It was a good picture of family.