A
Midsummer Tights Dream – Louise
Rennison
Pages: 334
Publisher: HarperCollins
Children’s Books
Release date: 2nd
February 2012
Other Titles by this Author: Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal
Snogging; It’s OK, I’m Wearing Really Big Knickers; Knocked Out by my
Nunga-Nungas; Dancing in my Nuddy Pants: ‘...andthat’s when it fell off in my
hand.’; ‘...and then he ate my boy entrancers.’; ‘...startled by my furry shorts!’;
‘Luuurve is a many trousered thing...’; ‘Stop in the name of pants!’; ‘Are these my basoomas I see
before me?’;
Withering Tights
In my squirrel room, looking over the moors to Gribottom,
thinking about Alex. When he next sees me, I will be up there on the wild
moors, lost to the world, unaware that I am being observed. It’s only when I
glance up, that I notice Alex in his breeches and fancy shirt. He runs to me
and takes me in his arms. I close my eyes and hear...
“We is her, wiv our bumbums out.”
And open them to see the toddler twins at my bedroom door,
naked from the waist down.
You know when something feels really bad, worse than a bat
trapped in your mouth? Or kissing the boy who just wants to be your friend?
Tallulah Casey does. She’s your kind of mate.
I
always look forward to Louise Rennison’s books purely because I’m guaranteed a
good couple of hours of laughter. A
Midsummer Tights Dream didn’t let me down there.
Although
I enjoyed A Midsummer Tights Dream, I
kept comparing it to The Confessions of
Georgia Nicolson and this series just doesn’t have the same spark. Lots of
the same elements are there: an out of control physical feature, a particularly
crazy friend, a nasty teacher with an agenda, a gang name and the dilemma of
the ‘see you later’, but it’s missing something. I think it’s Georgia.
The
mentions of Georgia throughout the novel were lovely; I genuinely miss reading
about her. Seeing how much the Ace Gang’s boy advice baffled a rather
inexperienced Tallulah was so funny.; she really did not know how to handle all
of her boy drama. First you have Charlie who is proving to be a little like
Robbie and then Cain who isn’t like other boys: scary, dangerous, and
completely compelling. I love the interactions between Tallulah and Cain;
they’re brilliant.
Having
written lots of the characters with their regional dialects adds more and more
humour as Tallulah finds humour in it and sometimes completely misunderstands
them. It really does help to cement a feel about each character and it’s a
device that I really love.
A Midsummer Tights Dream is
a light, funny read that will cheer up a rainy afternoon.
Thank
you to HarperCollins for providing me with a review copy.
Sophie
I tried picking up Angus Thongs ... a while back and couldn't get into it. I don't know if it was my mood at the time or what. I really like the funny titles though! Hopefully I will give them another try some time!
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I quite liked this one, it is one to read if you need a giggle, great review :D
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this review. I was just randomly googling Louise Rennison to see if she had a Georgia blog and found this. I'd completely missed this new series. Ordered now, and very excited.
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