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bloomwithkrystal 's review for:
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
by Melissa Bank
The author split the story into what could only be called periods or “sections” of Jane's life (the main character). While the idea of splitting a book up in such a way sounds appealing, I actually found it quite jarring at times. You are just getting into a “section” when it ends, only to leave you reading several pages of the next section before you figure out where you’re at in the timeline. There was also one portion of the book that had no relevance to Jane at all except when it mentioned that she had moved into her aunt’s apartment upstairs. While I appreciated the undertones of the relationships going on in this section, it didn’t mesh well with the rest of the book and felt like an outlier to the rest of the story.
I wasn’t exactly enamored with this book. I really liked the first segment of Jane’s timeline, but as I continued reading on, the story just wasn’t grabbing my attention. It wasn’t until the end, where the author FINALLY explained the idea of the title, that I got interested again. But really, what’s a sandwich with just two pieces of bread and no yummy insides??
I also greatly disagree with the description of the book, particularly the “captures in perfect pitch what it’s like to be a young woman coming of age in America today.” I don’t think this book captured that at all. Jane has very unusual relationships with the people in her life, and it’s my belief that the average “young woman” just isn’t living in such a way. Alas, perhaps that’s my narrow-minded I’m-from-Pennsylvania viewpoint bias, but I had a hard time relating to Jane, and at 25 I completely consider myself a “young woman.”
I wasn’t exactly enamored with this book. I really liked the first segment of Jane’s timeline, but as I continued reading on, the story just wasn’t grabbing my attention. It wasn’t until the end, where the author FINALLY explained the idea of the title, that I got interested again. But really, what’s a sandwich with just two pieces of bread and no yummy insides??
I also greatly disagree with the description of the book, particularly the “captures in perfect pitch what it’s like to be a young woman coming of age in America today.” I don’t think this book captured that at all. Jane has very unusual relationships with the people in her life, and it’s my belief that the average “young woman” just isn’t living in such a way. Alas, perhaps that’s my narrow-minded I’m-from-Pennsylvania viewpoint bias, but I had a hard time relating to Jane, and at 25 I completely consider myself a “young woman.”