Reviews

Molesworth by Ronald Searle, Geoffrey Willans

coops456's review

I wanted to like it, I really did. It's amusing. But I just don't want to read about public schoolboy exploits. Not when, as any fule kno, the Cabinet is stuffed full of the privileged idiots.

I've just realised that I'm so so tired of reading everything written from a perspective of straight white able male privilege. I'm done with that. It's dull as hell. I want diversity and inclusion and intersectionality. I want to read about Black and Asian voices, queer voices, disabled voices; the voices of people who have been kept voiceless for generations.

I need to review my Want To Read shelf.

bluepuppy's review

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very funny take on public schools in the 50s, how to survive being a pupil, and the weird characters that inhabited these schools (probably a lot war damaged in various ways) from the point of view of an honest, humerous and non-academic schoolboy. Hilarious illustrations by Ronald Searle.

thecommonswings's review

5.0

A comic masterpiece, as any fule kno

mothwing's review

2.0

I bought this to read "Down with Skool" but I don't think that I am going to bother with the rest. I can see how it ended up being a classic, however.

tenisonpurple's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Four books in one, great fun and dreadful spelling with some great sketches of Masters and boys