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zoefruitcake's review against another edition
5.0
My husband described the film adaptation as something I would like because “nothing happens” and it just goes to show how well he knows my tastes because I loved the film and now the book.
katykelly's review against another edition
5.0
Only heard of this through the Costa shortlists. Am really glad I read it! So funny, so sad, so true. Beautifully written relationship and life of a single middle-aged mum and her hormonal, awkward teenage son. Very, very good.
kingarooski's review against another edition
4.0
Effectively drawn and structured into page-long min-stories, Days of Bagnold Summer tells the story of a mother and teenage son stuck together over the course of a summer holiday. I really enjoyed this.
bengisue's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
emjay2021's review against another edition
5.0
This graphic novel is made up of small vignettes over the course of a summer, from the point of view of a single mother and her son. It really portrays the subtleties of a relationship where parent and child do love each other but don't always know how to connect. They're both smart, likeable people who have had some hard knocks, and it's easy to get drawn in to their lives and root for things to get better for them. I really loved it. Just a perfect little book, the illustrations and writing both. Poignant but funny too. Highly, highly recommended.
isabookabel's review
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Good book very perceptive but fairly consistently bleak.
craigmaxwell's review against another edition
4.0
A heart warming story about a mother and son relationship, nothing controversial or incredible happens, but that’s the beauty of the story. It’s everyday life, and highlights how easily we take interactions / relationships for granted in life.
girlgeekcyclist's review against another edition
5.0
Quite sweet and simple stories. I've read in anticipation of the upcoming film which I can imagine will also be very good.
ohnoflora's review against another edition
5.0
Six weeks in the lives of a fifteen year old boy and his divorced mother. Short, seemingly slight, but so emotionally resonant I had to read it all in one go. If you want a depiction of teenager-hood in the UK in the mid-2000s, this is it. The acne, the bad hats, the ubiquitous black hoodie, the long, unwashed hair on all genders, the wrist cuffs, the terrible poetry, the eyeliner, the awful, awful self-consciousness (coupled, somehow, with awful, awful pretentiousness), the Misfits t-shirts, the lyrics written on school folders - it's all here and it is so funny and so unbearable.