Comments on: The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld. http://throughaglass.net/archives/2007/02/08/the-man-of-my-dreams-by-curtis-sittenfeld/ Now we see through a glass, darkly; then we shall see face to face. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kari http://throughaglass.net/archives/2007/02/08/the-man-of-my-dreams-by-curtis-sittenfeld/comment-page-1/#comment-43890 Kari Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:32:36 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/archives/2007/02/08/the-man-of-my-dreams-by-curtis-sittenfeld/#comment-43890 To complicate things even more, not only did I like Melissa Bank's books better, but . . . by my own standards, I would have thought they were more "literary" than Curtis Sittenfeld's. To complicate things even more, not only did I like Melissa Bank’s books better, but . . . by my own standards, I would have thought they were more “literary” than Curtis Sittenfeld’s.

]]> By: brandi http://throughaglass.net/archives/2007/02/08/the-man-of-my-dreams-by-curtis-sittenfeld/comment-page-1/#comment-43794 brandi Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:39:15 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/karibeth/archives/2007/02/08/the-man-of-my-dreams-by-curtis-sittenfeld/#comment-43794 I think it's interesting that Sittenfeld branded it 'chick lit' based on her own personal reaction to it and what she thinks we should get from 'real' literature. Who determines that? If Sophie hadn't ended up with a man, would it not be chick lit anymore? Her whole review comes off as very elitist. I personally liked both of Melissa Banks' books better than Prep. The Man of My Dreams is on my list for this year, though. I think it’s interesting that Sittenfeld branded it ‘chick lit’ based on her own personal reaction to it and what she thinks we should get from ‘real’ literature. Who determines that? If Sophie hadn’t ended up with a man, would it not be chick lit anymore? Her whole review comes off as very elitist.

I personally liked both of Melissa Banks’ books better than Prep. The Man of My Dreams is on my list for this year, though.

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