The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
As much as I consider myself a sensitive New Age guy, I got the distinct feeling while reading The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing that the novel wasn't written for me. I suppose the title should have been my first clue. But that's not to say I didn't find the book fairly enjoyable overall. The narrator, Jane Rosenal, is offbeat and a bit awkward, but she reliably delivers a droll retort to a boyfriend or otherwise unsuspecting man on about every other page. This adds some much-needed levity to the The Girls' Guide, which confronts some pretty heavy subject matter, from a parent with cancer to infidelity to the angst inherent in contemporary New York City courtship rituals.


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