THE THING ABOUT JANE SPRING

well, the thing about jane spring is that she is a dolt. but let me back up...

a friend was kewl enough to ship this book to me, signed and everything in anticipation of future fame... and i was thankful to have had something to read over the weekend. it was the perfect weekend for some light reading. anyway, for the purpose this book might serve and for how it may be further made available to the public (via another medium) i think it could be a success.

that having been said, i found the first half of the book exaggerated, incredulous. i failed to buy into it. and the second half was mostly ridiculous. and the book in its entirety, (especially the ending!) clearly sent a very wrong message - although i even question whether or not the author intended to convey a message at all - that might be giving her too much credit.

why would an intelligent, thorough lawyer choose a fictitious character after which to model herself???

some 'positives'...
1) i could relate to the bitchy jane, the callous way she communicated - though my bitchiness is more attributable to anger and hurt (i like to believe), while hers... hers i'd describe as inherent masculinity influenced by a military upbringing.
2) i could relate to wanting to reinvent oneself as a means to an end - i myself am believing more and more that there are characteristics that translate to being perceived by men as 'wife material'. [insert emotion of sad resignation here]. although my mule-like stubborness or perhaps lack of commitment prevents me from making progress to this end. admittedly, this contributes in a small way to my general hostility towards the book - i certainly couldn't pull off what jane pulled off. deep breathing to calm myself??? forget about it!
3) for reasons not completely explicable at this point, i did breeze through the book in less than two days. that is an accomplishment for which i applaud the author. perhaps it was a puzzling (as in, 'are you for real?') enough plot to drive me to turn the pages. w/c is why i think the movie version could be a success if it were made to be cheeky, slapstick - why not play up the 'unbelievable'? i see sandra bullock playing jane, or maybe reese witherspoon, but it would be too much like legally blonde reversed, maybe.