The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
Ratings45
Average rating3.6
Une lecture amusante sur un jeune adolescent anglais qui grandit au fil des livres. Parfois touchant, souvent juste, toujours drôle !
Meh. It felt like being 13-going-on-14 again: in turn earnest, pretentious, self-centered, kind, dull, weird, repeat. So kudos for getting that right, but I wasn't really feeling it.
I am just a little bit tired of naive narrators... Similar to the disillusionment of Susan Juby's Alice, but less funny.
Adrian Mole has trouble. His mom isn't home much...his dad is struggling at work...school is terrible...the girl of his dreams likes someone else...and his body is changing. But Adrian presses on, adhering to a personal list of books to read that would be daunting to any adult, continuing to work to help out his clueless parents and to win the heart of his favorite girl.
I listened to this on audio, and it was, as you might expect, both funny and sad. You have to admire the character of Adrian Mole for not giving in to depression despite all the struggles he faces, for his maintenance of a positive, moving-forward attitude.