Published May 1, 2002
About the Book:
When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone.
Everyone said she was a fraud, that she was just making it up.
I'd really like to know why the hell a person would make up a thing like that.
Written with the snap, glitter and wit of The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, God-Shaped Hole is a memorable, poignant love story that will leave you weeping with laughter. It is told in the wry, vulnerable voice of Beatrice "Trixie" Jordan who replies to a personal ad, "If your intentions are pure I am seeking a friend for the end of the world."
In doing so, she meets Jacob Grace, a charming, effervescent thirty-something writer, a free spirit who is a passionate seeker of life. He possesses his own turn of phrase and ways of thinking and feeling that dissonantly harmonize with Trixie's off-center vision as they roller coaster through the joys and furies of their wrenching romance. Along the way they try to come to terms with the hurt brought about by their distant fathers who, in different ways, forsook them.
This story will prove so touching you will rush to share it with a friend or loved one or even a stranger.
My Review:
The complete review will have to wait until I can get another copy of the book. I got to page 316 of 329 and discovered that the pages in between 316 and 329 were missing! If my thoughts change when I get a hold of those missing pages, I will update.
I will go ahead and say that I didn't love this book, though. I struggled a bit to get through it. Part of the reason is that I was just not loving the characters, and I'm okay with that as long as they are complex and interesting (such as in Gone Girl). I just really did not find them all that interesting in the case of this book. The characters were flawed in ways that made me just want to scream at them and tell them to get it together and stop being so annoying. If I had read this book in my 20s, I would have probably enjoyed it a lot more. I think it might be one of those books where you have to be in a certain stage of life to appreciate it.
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