The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

by Sue Townsend

1984•Comedy•235 pages

Taste attributes: comedyteendramafastlightsimplelinearglossyenclosedcoming of agefool triumphantunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeSimple and small-scale: a comic novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

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3.4 / 5

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About This Book

If I turn out to be mentally deranged in adult life, it will be all my mother's fault.'Adrian Mole continues to struggle valiantly against the slings and arrows of growing up and his own family's attempts to scar him for life in this second volume of his secret diary.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyTeenDramaComing of ageFool triumphantUnlikely connections

Subjects

Young Adult FictionDiariesHumorous storiesEnglandTeenage boysDiary fictionSocial life and customsManners and customs

Details

Author
Sue Townsend
Published
1984
Pages
235
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