Review - The Man of My Dreams

After the breakup of her parents' marriage, teenage Hannah Gavener is shipped off to live with a Philadelphia aunt. Feeling like the divorce refugee that she is, Hannah struggles through her insecurities, seemingly content to live in the shadow of her hip, gorgeous cousin Fig. Later, in sessions with her college psychiatrist, she begins to cope more directly with her problems, but her intense ambivalence about deep relationships persists. Curtis Sittenfeld's The Man of My Dreams presents a central character whose crises and decisions unfold with the hard logic of life. A fine stand-alone follow-up to the author's debut novel, Prep.



The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
My rating: 1 of 5 stars


I have been asked by a few people who enjoyed this book, why I gave it 1 star. So this is it:




1. I disliked hated all the characters, they annoyed me, especially the main character's, being inside her head was a very, very painful experience.




2. The main character was also a friggn nympho. All she thought about was getting down and doing the nasty and the opposite sex of course.




3. The plot. Could someone please tell me what it was? Was it just this girls life, because all it seems like is a recap of the main characters life. When we say, "So, your life story?" We don't mean it!




4. The writing, I know some people have praised that the book is beautifully written, we should all applaud the writing. I don't see that, maybe if the writing had been interesting or "beautifully written" I would have enjoyed the book more.




You see! Do not bother! Not a good book at all, if you want to be bored to tears, no it wasn't even that moving, if you want to be generally bored read this. Otherwise just don't! Not worth your time!