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Title: Interesting Relationship Novel from the Male Perspective
Review: This is the masculine Bridget Jones.Really.There's not much more to say! This guy, while British and not really familiar to me on that basic cultural level, does indeed seem afflicted with the identifiable young-adult syndrome experienced by both sexes which crosses boundaries of time and space. While Bridget (whom I really do see as his feminine literary counterpart) smokes too much and drinks too much and ruminates too much to deal with her intrinsic insecurities, this guy does what many guys do to find similar consolation: buys records, talks to his lame buddies, and pines for women, especially the object of his affection who formerly rejected him.It's funny. Men would like it. Occasionally, I found myself irritated by the unerring stupidity of some of the characters; while I'm sure the author did that on purpose, I found it annoying enough nonetheless to eliminate one star.
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