Book Review - Adrian Mole - The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend
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I finally got to the end of my Adrian Mole stash with the book Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend. While I enjoyed the read, it's probably best that I'm moving on to something else now. I think that reading all of the installments back to back was a bit much...
Adrian is 30 now, and still has the emotions and mind of an adolescent. That doesn't work so well however, when you're supporting two kids that are yours from a couple of affairs in the past. Couple that with being broke, without much of a job, and still living with the parents, and you're not looking at a terribly successful person. Even when good things *do* happen to Adrian, such as getting his own TV show and book deal, they get messed up. The sidekick becomes the star, and his mom ends up having to write the book to bail him out. Still told in diary format, you get the day-to-day emotions and angst of Adrian's struggle against the perceived injustices done to him.
I didn't find this one quite as funny and engaging as the others. Perhaps it's because these failings at 13 are funny, and at 30 they're the sign of someone who doesn't have too much common sense. Still, I kept turning pages to see what train wreck was about to befall those around him. Suggestion however... If you haven't read any of the Mole diaries, don't start here. Start at the beginning, or most of this will make little sense.
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I finally got to the end of my Adrian Mole stash with the book Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend. While I enjoyed the read, it's probably best that I'm moving on to something else now. I think that reading all of the installments back to back was a bit much...
Adrian is 30 now, and still has the emotions and mind of an adolescent. That doesn't work so well however, when you're supporting two kids that are yours from a couple of affairs in the past. Couple that with being broke, without much of a job, and still living with the parents, and you're not looking at a terribly successful person. Even when good things *do* happen to Adrian, such as getting his own TV show and book deal, they get messed up. The sidekick becomes the star, and his mom ends up having to write the book to bail him out. Still told in diary format, you get the day-to-day emotions and angst of Adrian's struggle against the perceived injustices done to him.
I didn't find this one quite as funny and engaging as the others. Perhaps it's because these failings at 13 are funny, and at 30 they're the sign of someone who doesn't have too much common sense. Still, I kept turning pages to see what train wreck was about to befall those around him. Suggestion however... If you haven't read any of the Mole diaries, don't start here. Start at the beginning, or most of this will make little sense.
If you liked this review and found it helpful, please click on the Amazon book link in the review and click the Yes (Was This Review Helpful To You?) button at the bottom of my review. Thanks!
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