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See more books from this AuthorAs a psychological matter, this is understandable—Hannah really is a world-class sap where Henry is concerned—but, at the formal level, it’s disappointing.
Mar 15 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelHannah gets swept away on a madcap trip to Cape Cod to rescue Fig, her cousin, who is more fun than Hannah.
May 18 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelCurtis Sittenfeld's second novel rejects the allure of old money, breeding and glamour.
May 21 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelThe Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld Picador £12.99, pp272 With her second novel, Curtis Sittenfeld is cornering the market in a certain kind of teenage angst.
Aug 13 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelOne of the strong feelings one has about Hannah, and about Lee, her predecessor in Prep, is that the solution to their alienation from life is not in the living of it - at least, not simply in love and family - but in writing.
Sep 02 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelA writer this articulate could stand to exorcise these ghosts as quickly as possible, and spend her considerable gifts telling stories of people fully formed, complex, perhaps even welcoming people who deserve our attention.
May 17 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelIt goes without saying that her open relationship with Oliver is a bust --- his frequent infidelities (approved by Hannah, mind you) are downright nauseating and make Hannah look pathetic --- and her non-relationship relationship with Henry is just as detrimental to Hannah's confidence, if not mo...
| Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelRowling for Hogwarts, not Harry, Curtis Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was that rare treat - a boarding school novel for grown-ups.
Jul 01 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelPhoebe Flowers Philadelphia Inquirer 1 of 5 Stars "It’s not that the reader can’t sympathize when Hannah makes mistakes—and she makes some big ones, like allowing an older man to get her drunk at an office party, and letting a sex addict convince her that his side dalliances have no impact o...
Aug 21 2007 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelWhen you curl up with a book called The Man of My Dreams, knowing it was written by the woman whose first novel, Prep (published only last year), has become an instant classica Catcher in the Rye for modern-day Phoebesyou assume, pardonably, that you’re in for a few hours of highly shareable ro...
Jun 05 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelThe follow up to her surprise smash, Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld's The Man of My Dreams (TMoMD), is a similar meditation on awkwardness that tracks its protagonist, Hannah Gavener, from the trauma of her parents' divorce at age 14 to her realistic, and not too overdue, epiphany at age 28.
May 24 2006 | Read Full Review of The Man of My Dreams: A NovelAn aggregated and normalized score based on 102 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes