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Class (Maggie Adair #1)
by
Jane Beaton
It's about love lives ...Maggie has been dating Stan for years - safe, comfortable and about as exciting as soggy toast. Can their relationship survive? Especially when Maggie meets David McDonald, her opposite number at the boys' boarding school over the hill. Every single girl in the school has a crush on him, but not Maggie ...yet. It's about school lives ...Two girls....more
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(first published January 1st 2009)
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I didn't find this funny or interesting really although I quite liked the characters of Maggie and David.
My major problem about this books is the fact that it repeats the fact that Maggie is an outsider and not of the upper middle class. This shouldn't need to be written so many times. Once when she was nervous at the interview but it was made a big deal of. Also, I doubt that privately enducated children and teachers will make references to somones different backgounds like they do in these co...more
My major problem about this books is the fact that it repeats the fact that Maggie is an outsider and not of the upper middle class. This shouldn't need to be written so many times. Once when she was nervous at the interview but it was made a big deal of. Also, I doubt that privately enducated children and teachers will make references to somones different backgounds like they do in these co...more
Given the glowing reviews, I expected to love it but it just kept plodding along, only picking up towards the final stretch. Maggie is a teacher trying to fit into her new posh school, Fliss is desperately trying to get out, Alice is a girl that everybody is still trying to figure out, Simone is a girl needing a confidence boost, Victoria has a deep dark secret that she's trying to keep away. Sounds familiar? Class includes grown up thoughts instead of just focusing on the children, which could...more
I’d not heard of Jane Beaton’s debut novel Class apart from reviews on fantasticfiction.co.uk that other authors had written. However I saw this in the bookswap and thought: Why not? The cover is beautiful and I liked the sound of the blurb on the back.
Was it as good as all the authors have said? In a word, yes. It was a fantastic read full of all kinds of likeable characters. Even those that start off mean end up likeable. I have no idea how accurate the descriptions of boarding school are as t...more
Was it as good as all the authors have said? In a word, yes. It was a fantastic read full of all kinds of likeable characters. Even those that start off mean end up likeable. I have no idea how accurate the descriptions of boarding school are as t...more
Classy!, 7 Sep 2008
By A. Blight "Tiggsybabes" (West Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
I received a free copy of this book via Facebook & was excited about reading it as I loved the Mallory Towers boarding school books as a child. I was not disappointed! I could only read it in the evenings as I have several essays to work on in the afternoons when my youngest is in nursery & I read it in a couple of nights. I wanted to carry on to see what happened next when it ended & was happy t...more
By A. Blight "Tiggsybabes" (West Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
I received a free copy of this book via Facebook & was excited about reading it as I loved the Mallory Towers boarding school books as a child. I was not disappointed! I could only read it in the evenings as I have several essays to work on in the afternoons when my youngest is in nursery & I read it in a couple of nights. I wanted to carry on to see what happened next when it ended & was happy t...more
I read this because it intruiged me. Jane Beaton set out to write an adult's version of the boarding-school books she loved as a child. I was not convinved that could be done, but she has done exactly what she set out to do in a very clever way. She used modern versions of the stock characters you would expect in a boarding-school book but managed somehow to make them three dimensional characters. She also used or referred to some of the plot devices which would be used in typical boarding schoo...more
A boarding school story for adults. The author admits that she was fascinated by boarding school stories when she was younger and that this was a natural progression of that fascination. And it is. While the cover bills it as "the secret diary of a teacher in turmoil" it isn't really what it is. This isn't a story of diary entries or a first person look at the world but a story of a woman working in teaching in a boarding school and the variety of issues that crop up.
It's nothing major and it r...more
It's nothing major and it r...more
Described on the cover, by Sophie Kinsella, as “like Malory Towers for grown-ups”. Oh, indeed. This is a boarding school story which has everything you need in a boarding school story (false accusations of thievery! Practical jokes! A school play!), with an extra knowing nod towards issues around privilege, education, and bureaucracy. The story focuses on new English teacher, twenty-five-year-old Maggie, who’s come from a rough school in Glasgow and is delighted to be there, if worried about fit...more
So I'm a sucker for a school book! Yes, I read Malory Towers, St. Clares and Harry Potter and always thought boarding school would be fantastic and this is a grown up boarding school book. Good fun and if it develops into a series I'll definately read it!
Loved this. Was a real nostalgia rush from remembering reading Enid Blyton as a girl, wishing I could go to boarding school, have midnight feasts and be with my friends day & night.
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This book was lovely. A breath of fresh air for those who love boarding school books.
This is just Malory Towers for adults. But then it doesn't pretend to be anything else.
Really enjoyed this book adult version of naughtiest girl in the school
quite enjoyed this - Enid Bylton's St Clare's series for adults!
Boarding school book for grown ups what more can I say!
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