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Every once in a while a novel sinks into your consciousness that bit deeper than the others. Weeks and years later, apart from recounting the plot, you're left with a feeling, a sense of its soul. It may yet be too early to tell if the The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing will be memorable, but it's soon enough to tell that it defines an epoch. Melissa Bank has written a definitive account of the journey into adulthood, a female perspective on mating and dating. Any woman born this half of the 20th century, who's enjoyed (endured?) more than one relationship with the other side will warm to this funny, frank and sensitive novel. Jane Rosenal's entrée to the world of significant relationships begins with her older brother's older woman. The bewildered teenager's naive understanding and disbelief as the relationship disintegrates before her eyes should have served as a mighty warning on the perils of the mating game. But, hey, what's a little knowledge without bitter experience? As Jane grows into, and out of, a career in publishing, so she melts into, and out of, a series of pointless affairs. Throw in a few life- shattering personal experiences along the way, a near- disastrous encounter with a self-help manual, How to Meet and Marry Mr Right, and finally, Jane learns the secret that has eluded her for so long. Elegantly written and searingly honest, Melissa Bank's debut novel is one to recommend to all your girlfriends--single or not. -- Carey Green
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This chronicle of a New Yorker's relationships has a wit and perceptiveness that singles it out from the crowd (The Guardian )
One of the funniest, most assured books of the year (Esther Freud )
A sexy, funny, pour-your-heart-out, champagnetingle of a read (Cosmopolitan )
One of the funniest, most assured books of the year (Esther Freud )
A sexy, funny, pour-your-heart-out, champagnetingle of a read (Cosmopolitan )
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I chose to buy this book as one of my 'summer reads' thinking it would be a light-hearted Bridget Jones-esq type story (as she is mentioned on the back of the cover) that would require just enough brain power to keep me amused and off the streets for a few hours during the hot summer months. However, I was delighted to discover that it was not at all like many of the millions of Bridget Jones look-alike books that have appeared on bookshop shelves in the last three years. I haven't finished reading it but so far I have found it original, funny, insightful and extremely cleverly written. I love the disjointed style and subtle descriptions of the characters.
I feel sad reading all the other reviews below as it seems that many people feel disappointed by this book.
I think it was pitched at the wrong market.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...OK, I read and loved Bridget Jones but let's face it, we are not talking "Don Quijote" here. There is no need to rank the merits of all novels written after Bridget depending on how similar they are to it!! Has everybody gone crazy! There is life after Bridget, you know, and this could be it.
"The Girls Guide" is not light-hearted comedy. It includes a brave witty heroine and the never ending quest for true love but it is deeper, better written and more touching than Bridget (here I go falling into the same comparison trap). It is not about what to wear to an exciting date, it is about feeling, about love itself, how it comes and how it goes and how a perfect man does not equal to perfect love. If you read it well it will make you laugh and it will make you cry and it will make you want to read it again after a while. What else can you ask from a book?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I just can't understand how this book came to receive those reviews that made me buy it. It fails as a serious reflection on mid-30s womanhood, it is not funny, it is not a page-turner, it is well writen, but far from a literary jewel.
I thought the first chapter, the story of the discovery by the main character of the highs and lows of love and relationships through his older brother's summer affair, was pretty good. It would have made a neat short story that would have me thinking: here we have a promising new writer.
The rest of the book is disposable. It filled up a long night train ride through central Europe. It will be soon forgotten.
As to that absurd middle chapter on the neighbours: what was it about? I suspect it meant to make the book "serious" by introducing something unexplained: so not-best-seller, so pretentious... ridiculous. Another good short story though.
A writer with some potential. A vacuous and boring book.
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Big disappointment
I can't believe the good reviews. I found this book very boring! I struggled to motivate myself to finish it. It isn't funny and it's not well written. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Linds
One of the worst books I have ever read
I had to write this review to save other people 4 hours of their life reading this utter rubbish.
A bad story, awful characters and a really bad writer. Read more
A bad story, awful characters and a really bad writer. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ms. A. M. Christian
absolutely beautifully written, keenly observed, wry and literary
I have read this novel twice, and have been moved to write a review because some of the bad reviews here might discourage you from buying a book that, I think, is wonderful. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Robins
One of my favourite books
If you are expecting vacuous chick-lit, as some of the other reviewers have said, you will be disappointed. This book is about far more than a a single girl looking for romance. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2009 by Herts mum
Subtly humourous
This book screams for a follow-up. The main character, Jane, has a sense of humour which is terrific and very New York, but subtle and not one which, I would imagine, all readers... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2008 by Maureen M. Rich
You could be anyone
I absolutely loved this book - have owned it now for around 5 years and probably read the "You could be anyone" chapter once a year. Read more
Published on 2 May 2008 by J. M. Morris
What's all this about Bridget Jones?
The only similarity I can see between this and Bridget Jones is that both girls are wearing boots on the cover. (Always a good reason to choose a book in a hurry. Read more
Published on 18 May 2007 by CP
Got Me - Hook, Line & Sinker!
This is a wonderful book. I devoured it and ever since I've been recommending it to all my friends. It's full of larger-than-life characters and witty one-liners. Read more
Published on 16 May 2003 by Ms. H. M. Yendall
Funny, beautiful, sad and true
On the cover of this book, reviewers liken it to watching an episode of "Sex and the City", and describe it as a cross between "Bridget Jones's Diary" and The Catcher in the Rye". Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2003 by Jo C
Fantastic!!
I am usually guilty of reading holiday novels that are easy on the mind and all usually have a happy ending! "The girls Guide... Read more
Published on 9 April 2002
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