I never would have thought to compare it to chick lit, so you've got me thinking. I just thought of it as a modern British novel that happened to be especially witty.
Probably that is more what it ought to be called. I think the cover blurb made me think "chick lit" because it's all, "Trials of single parenting in this modern society! Single people over thirty looking for love! Lots of wit!" which kinds of screams the genre to me. But it's not, really, I suppose...I dunno. Maybe it's just that the same person who recommended him to me also recommended Bridget Jones, so somehow the two became linked in my mind.
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Date: 2006-10-26 01:15 am (UTC)I never would have thought to compare it to chick lit, so you've got me thinking. I just thought of it as a modern British novel that happened to be especially witty.
Probably that is more what it ought to be called. I think the cover blurb made me think "chick lit" because it's all, "Trials of single parenting in this modern society! Single people over thirty looking for love! Lots of wit!" which kinds of screams the genre to me. But it's not, really, I suppose...I dunno. Maybe it's just that the same person who recommended him to me also recommended Bridget Jones, so somehow the two became linked in my mind.