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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

8 reviews

mooneyreads's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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jayishino's review

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2.0

This is a coming-of-age story about fourteen-year-old Georgia.

I’m trying to think of good things to say about this book, but I all can think about is the laundry list of content warnings.

*deep breath*

I’ll start with some troubling content.

* How many incest jokes do we in such a short book?
* Lesbian jokes really?
* Transvestite jokes, no, just no. Stop.
* So much bullying and mean girl stuff, girl on girl hate

I’ll end with THE MOST problematic.

* Georgia is repeatedly molested by her cousin. (There are multiple awful scenes with this.) THIS IS GLOSSED OVER AND NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN. Holy hell that’s a real big problem.

* Georgia is also sexually assaulted by boys she knows. Again, this happens and is never mentioned again.

I guess there is one good thing I can say about this book. Rennison gives Georgia a very distinct voice which remains consistent throughout the book.

All in all, I had a very hard time reading this book, and I only did so because it was challenged at our school. Had reading this not been for that express purpose, it would have been a DNF.

I don’t think I can in good conscience recommend this book. I definitely will not be continuing the series.

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cuteasamuntin's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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readasaurus_lex's review

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It pained to try to read this.

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debbitomsk's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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catsy2022's review against another edition

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lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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fremzz's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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allzen_nochill's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I started this thinking it was a reread, but turns out I was confusing it with Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras. Whoops! In my defense, why were there two British authors writing books with the "blah, blah, and blahbitty-blah" tempo title at the SAME TIME?! Anyway, while Georgia's voice is fun the rampant homophobia really takes me out of it, and I feel like the diary stylization isn't executed as well as it could be. We don't really get a view as to what Georgia's world is like. We've seen other diary-style books do way better than this, so I don't think it's a perspective issue, it's a fleshing-out issue. Also Robbie is fucking stupid.

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