
Review - This has been labeled as the 'Bridget Jones for teenagers' and I can certainly see why. I confess to buying this novel upon viewing the movie hence the inclusion of the move tie-in cover. I love the movie to bits, directed by Gurinda Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) it possessed a likeable protagonist, copious amount of brattiness, subsequent mortification and a great soundtrack.
The book, I wasn't feeling as much. Or really anywhere near. Perhaps I should revise the 'book first, movie second' concept again but I feel I am doomed to repeat my mistakes (Marley & Me). Georgia is the fourteen year old, British teen with a crackling voice and a list full of complaints - she's boyfriendless, her cat is mental and her sister needs to learn to wrangle her own nappies. These are all problems I can sympathise with, especially the latter. However, I sometimes feel desperately sad for characters who obsess over possessing a boyfriend even when their desperation is cloaked in klutzy hijinks, an over-analytical outlook and equally obsessed friends. I still had a cracking time reading everything that Georgia went through but I think the movie stole some of the spark from the pages for me.
It was an easy read but sometimes I felt a little bogged down by it all. (I might be showing my age here as I suspect young teens will adore it.) I think my main point is that I have read this before in many different incantations. If you think about it, it's even described as a teen version of a contemporary version (Bridget Jones' Diary) of a classic (Pride and Prejudice). Recycle much?


Published: 1999
Format: Paperback , 237 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Origin: UK
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I couldn't resist posting this clip from the movie. Boy with a guitar, sigh.