Susannah Jones' official boyfriend Jason is the perfect foil to her student lifestyle. He is ten years older and an antique dealer, so she doesn't have to live in the seedy digs her friends do. Then when she is on campus she can take philosophy very seriously and dabble in the social and sexual freedom of 1970s Sussex University. In fact, it was philosophy that led her to the sex: Rob, with whom she is having an affair, is her tutorial partner. Then she discovers things are even more complicated than she thought and, forced ...
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Susannah Jones' official boyfriend Jason is the perfect foil to her student lifestyle. He is ten years older and an antique dealer, so she doesn't have to live in the seedy digs her friends do. Then when she is on campus she can take philosophy very seriously and dabble in the social and sexual freedom of 1970s Sussex University. In fact, it was philosophy that led her to the sex: Rob, with whom she is having an affair, is her tutorial partner. Then she discovers things are even more complicated than she thought and, forced to look beyond her friends and lovers for support, finds help from Kierkegaard and other European philosophers. The Women's Room meets Friedrich Nietzsche in this bittersweet coming of age novel, in which love is far from platonic and the mind-body problem a pressing reality.
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I was thoroughly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading A Girl's Guide. The writing was excellent, the structure was impeccable. It was a genuinely amazing read. It was one of those that I literally sat down for about two hours and read straight through.
One of the biggest draws to this novel is the main character, Susannah. She is a normal girl. She is moderately intelligent, attractive and has a supremely annoying boyfriend. She also had a supreme lack of confidence and an ability to be quite indecisive. I think any girl in her late teens, early 20s could identify with that. I want her to do well. I want her to succeed. I really want her to dump those two dunderheads she is involved with. Susannah is one of the elements that make this novel truly worth a read.
The way the novel was structured was interesting and unique. I love that the novel was organized by which book Susannah was reading for her modern philosophy class. It really incorporates the philosophy in an interesting way without overpowering the reader with philosophic thought and theory. It sort of reminded me of Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl (one of my favorite novels). I think I may actually prefer this a bit more.
I tried to find a flaw with this novel and seriously couldn't find any in the novel itself. The only thing I could think of that I didn't really like is the cover. To me, at least, it gives the impression of a frothy, beach-type read and that is not what A Girl's Guide is. If that is my only criticism then the book must be good.
