После первой книги я была уверена, что завяжу с этой серией - она была неплоха, но не вызвала желания продолжать. Однако, по невыясненным причинам, мне все-таки нестерпимо захотелось цапнуть вторую часть в библиотеке, что я и сделала. И она такая классная!
Адриан верен себе, но при этом ощущается, что он чуточку, совсем чуточку поумнел, хаха.
Читается очень легко и быстро - несколько поездок на метро и done.
Уже предвкушаю продолжение - теперь точно буду читать дальше, да :)
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Adrian Mole is funny without trying. That is my favourite kind of humour: when someone can make you laugh without necessarily telling a joke. I'll definitely be reading more of his diaries. ( )

The second installment of diary entries of Adrian Mole, a naive teenager who believes himself to be an intellectual. I read this as a child and found it funny then and even funnier now that I understand Adrian's misinterpretations of the event in his life even better. The audiobook narrator, Nicholas Barnes, does a really great job with Adrian's voice. ( )

After surprising myself by liking the first in the Adrian Mole series, I started working my way through the rest of the series, starting with this one, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole".

There are some great lines here (opening the book at a random, the first line I see is "The nearest Barry Kent has been to Japanese culture is sitting on the pillion of a stolen Honda"), and deep thoughts mixed in with a statement showing he still doesn't quite understand much of the world.

The Adrian Mole series becomes more depressing as he ages so this one is still humorous without being tempered by feelings of mortality. ( )

The second volume in the series of Adrian Mole books, another re-read from my youth. This covers the period from the Falklands War in April 1982 to the eve of the general election in June 1983, when Adrian is just about to sit his O levels (as was I). These first two books were really good, and the humour is laugh out loud funny. The early 1980s do feel like a different world in many ways, a world without the internet and mobile phones. I was shyer than Adrian, but my family background was a lot more stable. ( )