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A Tiny Bit Marvellous

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Ne samo da predmetna obitelj Battle nije savršena, prikazana je takvom da u njoj baš ništa ne štima. When it does come, it is often with Husband, the father of these two teens, and Pamela, the mother of Mo. Mo’s daughter, Dora, is about to turn eighteen, and is planning to head off to university, although writing her UCAS personal statement leaves a lot to be desired. Dad sadly does not get his own narrative, apart from one chapter, but regularly pops up in the other three. I chose this book to take with me on holiday for the simple reasons that I wanted something light and humerous to read and that as a fan of Dawn French's comedic talent I was interested to see if this would extend to her writing.

The only good bit was the ending, because A) it was the ending, and B) because of the twist, which after such a boring read, was totally so like unpredictable.I had high hopes for this book, but found it sadly lacking in originality, laughs and an engaging story. I'm all for showing human foibles and family missteps, but this book went far beyond what I sincerely hope is the norm for modern family life. I just could not suffer through the last third of A Tiny Bit Marvellous with it's underdeveloped characters and obvious attempts at being funny which fell flat time and time again.

The dialogue is like unbearable and like, it drives you nuts like, and you would have to be a total wonk to want to read this. The story unfolds through a series of chapters by the various members of the Battle family, seventeen year old drama queen Dora, fifteen year old Oscar Wilde devotee Peter and harried mother and therapist Mo, with the last word given to Dad Battle. She has recently split up with her long-standing boyfriend of six weeks, Sam, and is planning to become famous thanks to the upcoming X Factor auditions. This book seems to take as its premise that not only are teenagers constantly (and I mean constantly) at a fever pitch of screaming and hating their parents, but also that that emotional lability (screw you, Goodreads, that is too a word) and immaturity and utter lack of self-awareness continues through everyone's entire lives. I had high expectations, as I find Dawn French entertaining, however it fell flat on a few different levels.Then there is Dad, who is a background, steady character in the beginning, but you realise he loves his family and is actually the sanest of the bunch. But soon she started to irritate me as she really does have the blinkers on when it comes to her family and becomes increasingly self-centred. Dora has no idea what she is going to do post high school (academics are not her strong suit), she’s just been dumped by her first real boyfriend and she regularly employs a creative if rather rude string of adjectives to describe her mother. Die Charaktere werden im Laufe des Buches immer lebendiger und wirken wie reale Menschen, die einem aus dem Leben berichten. I can't wait till her next book, dawn once again proves herself to be a brilliant, funny, clever lady who really knows what she is talking about!

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