I read the Adrian Mole books when I was young which is apparently somewhat unusual for an American, but I could definitely relate to him despite being much poorer and growing up in a completely different country. The 80s fucking sucked if you were a kid and he had a lot of the same questions about why adults were so ridiculous as I did.
I also read those growing up in the US! I was very grateful for the glossary of UK terms presented as a letter to his American friend in the back of my edition. I was also very grateful for the books as an exploration of what growing up was like for a young man without shying away from any of the embarrassing and stupid parts. It was stuff that was hard to talk to with adults in my life and that my peers also didn't know what the fuck to do with. Adrian dealing with everything like an absolute mess was also very entertaining and helpful in pointing out some common pitfalls.
Reading the Wiki article on it right now since it's been three decades since I even thought about it and man, think I might need to go back for a re-read because apparently I missed out on a lot. Also holy shit what is this!?
I read the Adrian Mole books when I was young which is apparently somewhat unusual for an American, but I could definitely relate to him despite being much poorer and growing up in a completely different country. The 80s fucking sucked if you were a kid and he had a lot of the same questions about why adults were so ridiculous as I did.
I also read those growing up in the US! I was very grateful for the glossary of UK terms presented as a letter to his American friend in the back of my edition. I was also very grateful for the books as an exploration of what growing up was like for a young man without shying away from any of the embarrassing and stupid parts. It was stuff that was hard to talk to with adults in my life and that my peers also didn't know what the fuck to do with. Adrian dealing with everything like an absolute mess was also very entertaining and helpful in pointing out some common pitfalls.
Reading the Wiki article on it right now since it's been three decades since I even thought about it and man, think I might need to go back for a re-read because apparently I missed out on a lot. Also holy shit what is this!?