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vtlism's review against another edition
My attention just won't hold on a diary of a 14 year old girl, and it's hard to understand the narrator's accent in the audiobook, cute as it is.
lisaar91's review
3.0
This book was no way near as bad as everyone else seems to think. Yes it is different to the TV series, but it did come first...
It's very very light hearted and very silly. So no good if you're after a serious read. I like the journal style of writing, however it also means it doesn't reach a proper concluson, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?!
It's very very light hearted and very silly. So no good if you're after a serious read. I like the journal style of writing, however it also means it doesn't reach a proper concluson, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?!
papertraildiary's review
5.0
Incredible look into what felt like my diary, just by a British girl in 1989. So many rough feelings. And yet still hilarious!
rachbt's review
2.0
I found the book alright. Unfortunately I had seen the TV show prior to reading the book, and felt there was something off about the story. It didnt sit comfortably with me. Although the book is quite good, I couldn't get myself to enjoy it at its full extent.
lattelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
I never watched the series, so when I saw that it was originally a memoir...y'all know I jumped on it. Rae Earl is utterly hilarious, among poignant, unabashed, and a truly wonderful writer. As she catalogs one of her high school years, she shares with us all the taunts, gossip, and mayhem that surrounds her in both her private life and public life. She attends secret raves, cheers failed diets, and gets utterly pissed at the pubs.
And what a high school year it is! Though our experiences of it are vastly different--her writing this in 1989, and me finishing it in 2012, her being fat, and me just rather average, her living in the UK, and me in the US...it's relatable. It's honest. It's telling. The passages where she bemoans her crushes after listening to music, the poetry she writes...I wonder if modern day Rae Earl is hugely embarrassed by this or if she's learned to say, "fuck it all!"
Either way, she certainly got her last laugh at her high school tormentors with this book and hit tv series...
Overall, this was just laugh-out-loud riotous, and filled with the exact amount of longing and angst that any teenage girl experiences.
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And what a high school year it is! Though our experiences of it are vastly different--her writing this in 1989, and me finishing it in 2012, her being fat, and me just rather average, her living in the UK, and me in the US...it's relatable. It's honest. It's telling. The passages where she bemoans her crushes after listening to music, the poetry she writes...I wonder if modern day Rae Earl is hugely embarrassed by this or if she's learned to say, "fuck it all!"
Either way, she certainly got her last laugh at her high school tormentors with this book and hit tv series...
Overall, this was just laugh-out-loud riotous, and filled with the exact amount of longing and angst that any teenage girl experiences.
Review cross-listed here!