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The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
by Melissa Bank
You know how they say "never judge a book by its cover?" That. I picked this book up at a garage sale and was intrigued by the title and the girl on the cover, and how those things could ever conceal "the next Bridget Jones," as The New Yorker apparently claimed.
Luckily for me, The New Yorker was mistaken. This is not light and fluffy "chick lit," (a designation I have problems with anyway). This is a good novel about the relationships the narrator navigates in regards to men, from her father and brother to her sexual partners. It reveals her own struggle to grow into herself beyond those relationships. It's a serious plot lightened by humorous characters.
There is one chapter in the middle (and only one) that isn't from Jane's point of view but instead is about the downstairs neighbor. If that neighbor interacted with Jane or moved her story forward, it would be okay, but it seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the novel and was super jarring. I enjoyed reading the chapter, and if it were a stand-alone short story, I think it would be great. As it was, it was a strange intermission in the larger plot.
Luckily for me, The New Yorker was mistaken. This is not light and fluffy "chick lit," (a designation I have problems with anyway). This is a good novel about the relationships the narrator navigates in regards to men, from her father and brother to her sexual partners. It reveals her own struggle to grow into herself beyond those relationships. It's a serious plot lightened by humorous characters.
There is one chapter in the middle (and only one) that isn't from Jane's point of view but instead is about the downstairs neighbor. If that neighbor interacted with Jane or moved her story forward, it would be okay, but it seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the novel and was super jarring. I enjoyed reading the chapter, and if it were a stand-alone short story, I think it would be great. As it was, it was a strange intermission in the larger plot.