Parts of this book had a real touch of cleverness, and I'm happy to say that it wasn't as predictable as I had ...well, predicted. But overall I felt the writing style lacked polish, the back-and-forth points-of-view seemed amateurish to me, and the characters weren't even likable!I did appreciate the part where Lita kicked the crap out of Adam, though. I liked that they were comfortable enough with each other to engage in a scuffle, and even though the girl made it out unscathed (yay!) there were no mentions of gender issues. It's a tough thing to write - a girl getting involved in a fight with a boy and becoming neither a hyper-feminized victim nor a hyper-masculinized abuser. So I applaud Hautman on that.However, I wanted more humor and better flow in the storyline and more depth to the characters. Lita Wold and Adam Merchant have been best friends since kindergarten. Now they are juniors in high school and trying to figure out who they are and how the opposite sex fits into their lives. Lita is trying to fix up her friend Emily with Adam’s friend Steve but Steve likes Blair who LIta thinks is skanky. Then Adam decides to write a book telling girls what boys really want. He begins to search the Internet and finds the relationship blog of a Miz Fitz, unbeknownst to him written by Lita. You see, Lita is an aspiring writer and Adam is definitely not an aspiring writer. You see where this is going. Adam decides he is going to self-publish but needs the money up front to do it, so he begins preselling his book to Lita’s great annoyance. Each chapter begins with an excerpt from the Miz Fitz blog and alternates Adam’s and Lita’s perspective. In inimitable Hautman style, the hijinks ensue to hilarious effect. Some might find Lita’s character to be grating because she is sarcastic, funny, and smart but others might recognize themselves in her. Predictable but fun and funny read.
What do You think about Was Jungs Wollen (2013)?
I won a free copy at the conference I went to. Hautman was a featured speaker.
—Nivedcage
What I thought about this bookI really like it. It was a good book.
—GRHI
