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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
lighthearted
medium-paced
I picked this up after hearing Hadley Freedman (think it was her) talk about it on old episode of A Good Read (Radio 4 programme).
I totally agree with Freedman that the book is unfairly marketed as some lightweight romance - it's so much more than that. It's more about a woman learning about herself with each failed relationship.
But, the book is let down by the last chapter. It's almost as if Bank suddenly decides it is going to be a lightweight romance - making her character Jane act like an muppet to get a man. In fairness, Jane does recognise she's being foolish. I just think it's out of sync with the rest of the book.
I totally agree with Freedman that the book is unfairly marketed as some lightweight romance - it's so much more than that. It's more about a woman learning about herself with each failed relationship.
But, the book is let down by the last chapter. It's almost as if Bank suddenly decides it is going to be a lightweight romance - making her character Jane act like an muppet to get a man. In fairness, Jane does recognise she's being foolish. I just think it's out of sync with the rest of the book.
This "novel" is incredibly disjointed, and fails to flow or make sense at times. It reads more like a collection of short stories, rather than a book about our heroine, Jane. There are two chapters that seem like they were added in accidentally. Jane is a shallowly sketched character and this book is more about the men that she is "hunting" and "fishing" than about her.
I haven't read anything this true since I read The Catcher in the Rye in the 8th grade. Almost every sentence is memorable - simple, funny, and unbearably true. I hope someday to grow up to be Melissa Bank.
I had forgotten when I picked up the book that there’s a movie called Suburban Girl based on it. The truth is, the two are very different. The book takes you through several short stories on the narrator’s early life before getting to the crux of the story. But it worked so well in context with the overall message. I thought the book did a good job explaining how even with love, you have to work hard.
The last chapter is the best part and requires no context from the rest of the book to be enjoyed.
This was a re-read. Still one of my favorite books ever. Hit me differently at 43 vs when I first read it at 20 but love it just as much, if not more.