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 Pop - Kitty Aldridge
 Pop - Kitty Aldridge ... by VintageNewest Review: ... train, following her grandfather from pub to pub... ...and that's about it. There is painfully little plot to this novel, ... more ... and the revelations about the characters do not make up for it. The writing contains some great imagery, and evokes the smoky, hot atmosphere really well. The various characters in the village are believable. Pop is very well characterised. Maggie, on the other hand, isn't. She doesn't seem like a real thirteen-year-old girl. There are no hormones, no periods, she doesn't express any desire to meet other people her age. The action follows her, but is always about other people. She is meant to be the central character, bu...more |
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Pop - Kitty Aldridge: 'I'll answer to Pop, mate. That's what your mother called me ... (353 words)
by - written on 02/07/09 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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It's the summer of 1975, and the UK is sweating through a heatwave. Maggie's mother has recently died and her father is in the USA, so the thirteen year old girl goes to live with her grandfather, Arthur, whom she calls Pop, and his dog, Blowbroth, in Sutton Coldfield. Pop's raison d'etre is the approaching annual pub quiz, which he hopes to win so he can impress a woman. Maggie is a quiet child, but helps him train, following her grandfather from pub to pub... ...and that's about it. There is painfully little plot to this novel, and the revelations about the characters do not make up for it. The writing contains some great imagery, and evokes the smoky, hot ... Read the complete review
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