Book Review - Adrian Mole - The Lost Years by Sue Townsend
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Continuing on with my obsession on the Adrian Mole series, I just finished Adrian Mole: The Lost Years by Sue Townsend. I will say that this is the first one I found a bit wanting...
This one covers the years from Christmas 1984 through April 1992. He's now in his 20's, and he's totally convinced he's a loser who will never experience the love of a woman again (after being dumped by Pandora). He can't master the art of driving a car, he's madly obsessed and in love with his therapist, and he has a dead-end job working for the government managing newt tracking and habitat. His mother has dumped his father and is now living with (and married to) someone about half her age, and he's moved out to live in a room with Pandora, her "husband", and a third member of the odd trio. That soon comes to an end when he meets and eventually falls in love with a news agent girl by the name of Bianca. That's a mad passionate affair until she runs off with his mother's young new husband. And then there's Jo Jo...
Told in diary fashion like the other books, it still is a lot of fun to peer into his life from his perspective (as warped as it is). But this installment seemed to drag out too much. His efforts to finally finish his book were somewhat repetitive after awhile, and there's just far too much whining about how bad he has it. This one didn't seem to have the "magic" of the earlier ones. Maybe it's because he's growing up and dealing with problems that are too close to home on occasion. I don't regret spending the time reading it, nor is it enough to put me off of the series. But I'm holding out hope that this was an aberration.
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Continuing on with my obsession on the Adrian Mole series, I just finished Adrian Mole: The Lost Years by Sue Townsend. I will say that this is the first one I found a bit wanting...
This one covers the years from Christmas 1984 through April 1992. He's now in his 20's, and he's totally convinced he's a loser who will never experience the love of a woman again (after being dumped by Pandora). He can't master the art of driving a car, he's madly obsessed and in love with his therapist, and he has a dead-end job working for the government managing newt tracking and habitat. His mother has dumped his father and is now living with (and married to) someone about half her age, and he's moved out to live in a room with Pandora, her "husband", and a third member of the odd trio. That soon comes to an end when he meets and eventually falls in love with a news agent girl by the name of Bianca. That's a mad passionate affair until she runs off with his mother's young new husband. And then there's Jo Jo...
Told in diary fashion like the other books, it still is a lot of fun to peer into his life from his perspective (as warped as it is). But this installment seemed to drag out too much. His efforts to finally finish his book were somewhat repetitive after awhile, and there's just far too much whining about how bad he has it. This one didn't seem to have the "magic" of the earlier ones. Maybe it's because he's growing up and dealing with problems that are too close to home on occasion. I don't regret spending the time reading it, nor is it enough to put me off of the series. But I'm holding out hope that this was an aberration.
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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