Topic of the day: Adrian Mole.
Reading this diary of a pre-pubescent child has proved to be quite bland. I was somewhat disappointed because I kept expecting big things to happen.
How did I come about reading this book? I was having a discussion with a close acquaintance of mine and she asked if I had ever read The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 3/4 when I was younger. I told her that I hadn't. She gave me a very dramatic but somewhat superfluous gasp and promptly went on a rant about how good it was. So I went in search of it and now that I have the book, I feel a little bit sick in the stomach for buying it just because another person swears that it's good. Never trust the critics!
Adrian Mole is a 13 year old kid who thinks that he's an intellectual and can't decide if he wants to be a vet or a poet. He's also very vain and worries about his acne a little too much. He lives with his father, who is still hung up about his wife running off with the neighbour. His best friend is Nigel who stole the love of his life, Pandora. How screwed is that? Of course, they're only 13 so Pandora broke up with Nigel to be with another fellow from school. Adrian is also the only person it seems who is paying for the livelihood of the school bully Barry Kent (Or atleast I think it was Barry Kent) Don't we all just love high school drama?
Suffice to say, the book is about a 13 year old loser, dealing with separated parents and backstabbing bitches in school.
I don't get it. What's so interesting about it? Am I missing the point? What does my friend see in the book that I don't? Maybe I read it a little too late. Perhaps if I had read this when I was 13-14, I'd find it much more appealing.
*Shrugs and Sigh*
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