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I gave this book 3.5 stars.
After finishing this book, I stand by my conviction that Georgia is the British cousin of Mia Thermopolis from [b:TheProncess Diaries] series. Both these character have the wit and cynicism that comes from being a teen struggling through puberty. Never was there a dull moment when reding this book. Like Cabot's series, this book is written in diary form with short entries in lieu of of long chapters. This makes this book a quick read. While I do highly recommend this series for teens, I would caution more mature readers to approach Rennison's book with the knowledge that Georgia's character is the stereotypical caricature of a whiny and awkward teenager and will therefore work your nerves if you are unprepared to take the book for what it is, a humorous coming of age story. I personally used this book as a decompress after I read [b:The Book of Negroes] and thoroughly enjoyed it.
After finishing this book, I stand by my conviction that Georgia is the British cousin of Mia Thermopolis from [b:TheProncess Diaries] series. Both these character have the wit and cynicism that comes from being a teen struggling through puberty. Never was there a dull moment when reding this book. Like Cabot's series, this book is written in diary form with short entries in lieu of of long chapters. This makes this book a quick read. While I do highly recommend this series for teens, I would caution more mature readers to approach Rennison's book with the knowledge that Georgia's character is the stereotypical caricature of a whiny and awkward teenager and will therefore work your nerves if you are unprepared to take the book for what it is, a humorous coming of age story. I personally used this book as a decompress after I read [b:The Book of Negroes] and thoroughly enjoyed it.
This was a super short read coming in at 14 pages. It was really accessible and took all of five minutes to read. I know there is a movie based on this short story, but I haven't seen it yet. However, I will say that I noticed some staunch differences between the Walter Mitty of James Thurber's short story and the one I saw in the film trailer.
In Thurber 'a story, he shapes Walter Mitty into a character that seems to be a middle aged, married man with a tendency to slip into daydreams as he's driving and doing menial chores. Walter's character seems to only be "free" in his daydreams and this, uses them as his only outlets to gain some type of agency over his life. Whereas, in the film adaptation, it seems that Walter Mitty is single and going to be given a chance to go on an epic journey in the real world thereby gaining actual agency over his life, which Thurber never gives his character.
My only gripe with this short story is the ending. I'm not sure what Thurber wanted us to get from the ending. I didn't know if Walter dies or if he's trying to become more like the people he daydreams about by defying his wife. . Hopefully I can see the movie in the near future and do a movie to short story comparison.
In Thurber 'a story, he shapes Walter Mitty into a character that seems to be a middle aged, married man with a tendency to slip into daydreams as he's driving and doing menial chores. Walter's character seems to only be "free" in his daydreams and this, uses them as his only outlets to gain some type of agency over his life. Whereas, in the film adaptation, it seems that Walter Mitty is single and going to be given a chance to go on an epic journey in the real world thereby gaining actual agency over his life, which Thurber never gives his character.
My only gripe with this short story is the ending. I'm not sure what Thurber wanted us to get from the ending. I didn't know if
This book took me by surprise. After hearing so many people talk about this book on BookTube, I was convinced that this story was just another frothy YA book, but after reading it, I now know that that is the farthest thing from the truth. This book deals with mental illness and being an awkward teenager far better than any book by an American author that I've read to date has ever come close to doing....ok I should clarify that by saying any book in the last ten or so years since this book is reminiscent of a more mature Judy Blume novel (Think [along the lines of book:Are You There God It's Me Margaret|37732]).
Although this is only my second YA book by an Australian author, I am starting to be convinced that no one can write realistic YA fiction storylines like the Australians. They seem to have grasped the fact that all things don't need to end peachy keen especially during ones teen years and that a little uncertainty is a good thing especially when it comes to the ending of a book because I mean who really figures life out by the end of their teenage years.Even though,I do have a question about why the boys in the story are always going away "to find themselves" leaving their younger girlfriends to pine away for them for at least a year. But, even that gets handled with such grace that I can't be too upset by it.
Although this is only my second YA book by an Australian author, I am starting to be convinced that no one can write realistic YA fiction storylines like the Australians. They seem to have grasped the fact that all things don't need to end peachy keen especially during ones teen years and that a little uncertainty is a good thing especially when it comes to the ending of a book because I mean who really figures life out by the end of their teenage years.
