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Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction

By: Sue Townsend
Narrated by: Paul Daintry
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Adrian Mole is 34 and three quarters, almost officially middle-aged, when Mr. Blair tells Parliament that Weapons of Mass Destruction can be deployed in 45 minutes and can reach Cyprus. Adrian is worried that he might not get a refund on his holiday. But that's not all that is bothering him. There's his odd girlfriend Marigold who has become distressingly New Age. And his son Glenn who is in Deepcut Barracks. Would Mr. Blair have been quite so keen if it had been his son manning a roadblock?(P)2007 W F Howes Ltd Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction Feel-Good Funny Comedy
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What did you like most about Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction?

I enjoyed the humour and also how the book used actual real events to mark it in time.

What did you like best about this story?

I like the diary aspect and how some comments were short and were left to the imagination while others went into detailed humourous explanations.I also enjoyed the characters although Adrian Mole irritated me lots of times due to his spineless attitude.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The scene I found the most interesting but excrutiating was when Netta Flowers invited Adrian and her family to discuss whether she was to have and open marriage with new partner or cut herself away from Michael.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I had lots of different emotions: laughter, anguish and irritation with Adrian Mole for not having a spine.

Larger than life characters you will love or hate.

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I've read all the Mole books now. He was part of my youth and now follows me into my thirties.
Townsend has created a monster, but one with whom you constantly feel for, cringe when he blunders, and smile when he shows his deep naivety .

Hoorah!

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Love love love this book, I have read all the Adrian Mole books. This is my first audio, but didn't disappoint.
Adrian Mole is a national UK icon.
If you haven't heard of him by this audio and you'll grow to love him.
If you have heard of him; buy, listen, laugh, enjoy!
The interview with Sue at the very end of the book is worth a listen aswell.

One of my all time favourites

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Randomly replays a good chunk of this book. Apart from that brilliant narrator & who doesn't love poor old Adrain Mole's life!

Gotta love Adrain Mole

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The file skips back some distance able it half way through. It's quite odd, but you can. Sort it out yourself if you skip forward a few chapters.

As to the reader. For the most part it is excellent work, but his choice of voicing for two of the female characters, it comes across appaulingly. They sound like late middle aged men who have had rather too many cigars. It was jarring and actually spoiled my enjoyment of the book significantly.

Shonky file and horrible voicing

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