Adrian Mole : The Wilderness Years [Paperback]

Sue Townsend (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Limited (2002)
• ASIN: B001SDEAGS
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great series., January 23, 2008

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Paul Thomas "mynameispaulie" (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (Paperback)

Firstly I wanted to clarify for people that might want to know, exactly how this series runs. I have bought and read all the books in the Adrian Mole series and I was dissappointed not to find anywhere to tell me which ones to get. So as a result I have them all.

US Versions
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
Adrian Mole: The Lost Years
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction

British Versions
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole
Adrian Mole: From Minor To Major
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction


So, as for the review these books are great. I love the entire series and I just couldn't stop reading them all the way to the end. The one thing I might suggest is to keep in mind that with most series of books the first is always the best, which is probably the case here too, but if you like it and are a fan of Adrian Mole, there is no reason why you wouldn't want to read the rest.

I like the fact that is it written in diary form for easy reading and it is very clever how the story is told from the point of view of Adrian himself but you can see things about his life that he cannot.

Overall an excellent read for all ages from teen to adult.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book, but lacking the usual something., May 8, 1999

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This review is from: Adrian Mole: the Wilderness Years (Hardcover)

Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years is a good book but it seems to have lost the underlying realism of the earlier diaries. The humour just dosen't seem quite as good and Adrian just does too badly. Having said that he has to grow up and the book is very much an Adrian Mole diary. If you are addicted to the previous diaries then I would definetly buy this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Older and wierder, April 5, 2005

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Jon (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adrian Mole: the Wilderness Years (Hardcover)

Poor old Adrian has gone from being a puzzled but essentially very sane teenager to a genuine oddball in early adulthood. It's a bit of a shock. After all, we identified with his teenage traumas - are we to identify with his adult neuroses too?

However, the book is a must-read for Mole fans, and it is pretty good.

I read this in practically the same sitting that I read the latest ('Adrian Mole & the Weapons of Mass Destruction' - not yet available on Amazon US, apparently, but a much better read, even though Adie has reached the dizzying heights of being aged 34 and a father of three) and both have, chillingly, the background of wars in Iraq - the first and second.

It reminded me of how excellent a history of ordinary people this series is. It's a pity that there have had to be such long gaps between some of the episodes.

I also wonder how Sue Townsend, who has been rich and successful for a long time now, manages to keep a finger on the everyday concerns of much poorer and more insignificant people. She does it very well, though.