A review by tinavenusreads
Miss Understanding by Stephanie Lessing

2.0

Okay, so I love chick lit, and judging from the blurb on the back of the book, it appeared that this book was chick lit. It may have been, but it didn't fit the formula. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. What was bad was the constant confusion I had over what was going on. First person narrative only works if you can understand what the narrator is thinking (and doing). Maybe that was the point, but the entire time, I'm thinking, what is going on here? You can tell that something is going on that maybe the narrator is missing, so the author gives you enough to know something is going on but not enough for you to figure it out. She won't give you enough to get a clear picture of the narrator's reality, which is really annoying. I really didn't like this book, and most chick lit is harmless enough to tolerate, but this was awful.