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A review by celestelipkes
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
4.0
I happened upon this book in one of Richmond's little free libraries, streetside boxes usually home to only Self Help books and erotica. I was totally seduced by the first chapter and wish the whole book had been in 14 year-old Jane's voice --
"My theory was that if you had breasts, boys wanted to have sex with you, which wasn't exactly a big compliment, since they wanted to have sex anyway. Whereas if you had a beautiful face, like Julia, boys fell in love with you, which seemed to happen almost against their will. Then the sex that you had would be about love."
& after the breakup of her brother and his girlfriend Julia --
"I tried hard to understand what Henry had told me. But I worried about that, too. Other people might not try as hard as I did to understand him. I was always on his side, no matter what. My parents were, too. All he really had to do with us was show up. More had been expected of him as Julia's boyfriend and at that party. More would be expected of him everywhere. I didn't know what had happened between him and Julia. It scared me that my brother had failed at loving someone. I had no idea myself how to do it."
The rest of the book wavered for me, especially the inexplicable middle chapter not in Jane's voice. But overall it was an enjoyable read with snappy dialogue and more depth than expected.
"My theory was that if you had breasts, boys wanted to have sex with you, which wasn't exactly a big compliment, since they wanted to have sex anyway. Whereas if you had a beautiful face, like Julia, boys fell in love with you, which seemed to happen almost against their will. Then the sex that you had would be about love."
& after the breakup of her brother and his girlfriend Julia --
"I tried hard to understand what Henry had told me. But I worried about that, too. Other people might not try as hard as I did to understand him. I was always on his side, no matter what. My parents were, too. All he really had to do with us was show up. More had been expected of him as Julia's boyfriend and at that party. More would be expected of him everywhere. I didn't know what had happened between him and Julia. It scared me that my brother had failed at loving someone. I had no idea myself how to do it."
The rest of the book wavered for me, especially the inexplicable middle chapter not in Jane's voice. But overall it was an enjoyable read with snappy dialogue and more depth than expected.