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Summary: WITH ADRIAN CHUCKLES ABOUND
Review: The wry youth who sometimes signs his diary "Adrian Albert Mole, Unpublished novelist and pedestrian" is back. Those who laughed with this pubescent British philosopher in the 80s will be delighted; those who are meeting him for the first time will find that chuckles abound. At 16 Adrian is still the miserable victim of unrequited love, at odds with his parents, and celebrating Christmas night with "a desultory game of cards." Four years later, although still living at home, he has found employment in his local library, and companionship with a girl both bovine and boring. After his manuscripts are rejected by every literary agent and publisher on either side of the Thames, Adrian finds shelter at Oxford and a job studying newts and badgers. In his spare time Adrian has penned a novel that he believes should be adapted for the stage. However, no one is waiting in line to bring life to his 700 page epic with 144 characters and six live deer. A new love and a writer's workshop on a Greek island eventually brighten Adrian's life. Reading his eccentrically comic adventures brightened mine. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: WITH ADRIAN CHUCKLES ABOUND
Review: The wry youth who sometimes signs his diary "Adrian Albert Mole, Unpublished novelist and pedestrian" is back. Those who laughed with this pubescent British philosopher in the 80s will be delighted; those who are meeting him for the first time will find that chuckles abound. At 16 Adrian is still the miserable victim of unrequited love, at odds with his parents, and celebrating Christmas night with "a desultory game of cards." Four years later, although still living at home, he has found employment in his local library, and companionship with a girl both bovine and boring. After his manuscripts are rejected by every literary agent and publisher on either side of the Thames, Adrian finds shelter at Oxford and a job studying newts and badgers. In his spare time Adrian has penned a novel that he believes should be adapted for the stage. However, no one is waiting in line to bring life to his 700 page epic with 144 characters and six live deer. A new love and a writer's workshop on a Greek island eventually brighten Adrian's life. Reading his eccentrically comic adventures brightened mine. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: Sad book
Review: This is a sad and disturbing book, and maybe it's meant to be that way, but it's certainly not as much fun as the earlier Mole books. Adrian Mole as a teenager is often pathetic, but funny, and as The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole ends he's showing more maturity. As a teenager, there's hope for him, because he may grow out of it all. Adrian Mole 10 years later is mostly pathetic and disturbing. He hasn't grown much -- he's lost those insights he was starting to gain at the end of Growing Pains -- and he's a sad, misanthropic jerk. And maybe that's part of Townsend's point -- reading it I hated it because I could see bits of Mole in myself. But it's certainly a jarring shift from the earlier books. And by the end of this book Adrian's showing some maturity again. But will the next book wipe that out again? Will he be a pathetic jerk again, pushing the rock up the hill again?
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Summary: booya
Review: This is my favoriute of the Mole books,(so far)!I have raed every one besides Cappochino Years.I think this is a cool book because Adrian has grown up and become more independent. Even though this is in a series if you are a newcomer to the series, it is written well enough so that you will be able to follow.But, still check out the other Mole books!
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Summary: The funniest diaries ever!
Review: What can I say everytime I hear the name Adrian Mole a big smile comes across my face, the diaries have to be one of the funniest sets of books I have ever read. I have read The Lost years a few times now and althought I dont think that it is the best in the collection it is definetley funny and is a very important part of the series and I would recommend all Adrian Mole fans to read it. Anybody out there curious about the Adrian Mole books must pick up a copy of the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 and read it now!
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Summary: Oh! Grow up A. Mole!
Review: When I read the first book: "The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole" I was hooked and couldn't wait to read the sequel. The poor lad -- you couldn't help but take a liking to him and really hope that he becomes the intellectual he aspires to be or that he moves on to bigger and better things in life. "The Lost Years", while still quite humourous, makes you feel a little frustrated with Adrian--how he is so blind to the things that go on around him. He is SO wrapped up in himself and writing his novel that he ceases to grow -- socially, personally and in his career. Nonetheless, the book is an easy read and a must if you are a follower of the Mole. The end gives us Mole-lites hope in a new beginning for him in the next book: The Cappucino Years, which I am looking forward to reading.
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Summary: Oh! Grow up A. Mole!
Review: When I read the first book: "The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole" I was hooked and couldn't wait to read the sequel. The poor lad -- you couldn't help but take a liking to him and really hope that he becomes the intellectual he aspires to be or that he moves on to bigger and better things in life. "The Lost Years", while still quite humourous, makes you feel a little frustrated with Adrian--how he is so blind to the things that go on around him. He is SO wrapped up in himself and writing his novel that he ceases to grow -- socially, personally and in his career. Nonetheless, the book is an easy read and a must if you are a follower of the Mole. The end gives us Mole-lites hope in a new beginning for him in the next book: The Cappucino Years, which I am looking forward to reading.
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Summary: Oh! Grow up A. Mole!
Review: When I read the first book: "The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole" I was hooked and couldn't wait to read the sequel. The poor lad -- you couldn't help but take a liking to him and really hope that he becomes the intellectual he aspires to be or that he moves on to bigger and better things in life. "The Lost Years", while still quite humourous, makes you feel a little frustrated with Adrian--how he is so blind to the things that go on around him. He is SO wrapped up in himself and writing his novel that he ceases to grow -- socially, personally and in his career. Nonetheless, the book is an easy read and a must if you are a follower of the Mole. The end gives us Mole-lites hope in a new beginning for him in the next book: The Cappucino Years, which I am looking forward to reading.
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