Curtis Sittenfeld, the author of New York Times bestseller "Prep" the story of a prep school girl who never quite finds her way in the world of the elite, leaves the reader hanging in her latest novel, "The Man of My Dreams."
Meet Hannah - a young girl who's father set a lousy example for her of what a loving relationship is supposed to look like. Watch Hannah grow up groping through the dark as she tries to figure out how to make relationships, sex and a basic social life work. Hannah has all the cliches around her - a beautiful sister who has her pick of men and proposals, a doting mother, a therapist and a wild cousin/friend she drops almost everything for.
The coming of age novel that follows Hannah from 14 to her mid 20s is sad. Sad because Hannah never quite gets it, and even when you think she's about to, she doesn't. Sittenfeld leads her on a wild goose chase to Chicago and then lands her in New Mexico, all so she can find herself, but even when she does, the reader is still not sure who she is or if there is a man of her dreams.
My advice, skip The Man of My Dreams and find something with an actual conclusion.
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