Jilly Cooper
Paperback | Pages: 1008 pages Rating: 3.69 | 2358 Users | 110 Reviews
List Appertaining To Books Wicked! (Rutshire Chronicles #8)
| Title | : | Wicked! (Rutshire Chronicles #8) |
| Author | : | Jilly Cooper |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1008 pages |
| Published | : | May 7th 2007 by Corgi (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance |
Narrative Concering Books Wicked! (Rutshire Chronicles #8)
At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot. The ambitious and fatally attractive headmaster, Hengist Brett-Taylor, hatches a plan to share the facilities of his school with Larkminster Comprehensive - known locally, as 'Larks'. His reasons for doing so are purely financial, but he is encouraged by the opportunities the scheme gives him for frequent meetings with Janna Curtis, the dynamic new head of Larks, who has been drafted in to save what is a fast-sinking school from closure. Janna is young, pretty, enthusiastic and vastly brave - and she will do anything to rescue her demoralised, run-down and cash-strapped school.Neither parents nor staff of either school are too keen on this radical move, although some can see the possible financial advantages. For the students, however, it offers great opportunities to get up to even more mayhem than usual.
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| Original Title: | Wicked! |
| ISBN: | 0552151564 (ISBN13: 9780552151566) |
| Series: | Rutshire Chronicles #8 |
| Literary Awards: | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2006) |
Rating Appertaining To Books Wicked! (Rutshire Chronicles #8)
Ratings: 3.69 From 2358 Users | 110 ReviewsEvaluate Appertaining To Books Wicked! (Rutshire Chronicles #8)
I don't make a habit of listing books specifically to say I didn't like them. This is one of the few exceptions.My major ( and it is MAJOR ) bug bear, is the character of Rocky, a pupil at Lark-hill comp. I have a son with Autism so I'm always pleased when I hear that a writer has included a character with the condition. I usually enjoy a Jilly Cooper, but this time I'm sad to say I was tempted to throw the book through the window.Firstly we're told that Autism and ADHD are names for the sameJilly Cooper fits like a glove into the "guilty pleasures" category. I knew this book, like the ones before, will be formulaic, poorly written, bloated and with soap opera characters whose priorities will be (in approximate order) : sex, booze, partying, sex, food, pets, glamourous locations, sex, clothes, and so on ... For all these grumbles, Cooper retains some of the energy and risque sense of humor that made me pick herin the first place.Wicked didn't break the mold. A lot of personages from
I like this book, but there is too much underage sex in it for me. Though it's charming all the same.
Oh dear. It's so long since I've read a Jilly Cooper. It was fun in parts but repetitive with all the couplings going on. Think I won't repeat the experiment.
I plowed through this book,at times trying to figure out what was going on. Some of this I attribute to the fact that I really don't know anything about the English education system or country lift. Once I got into it, I found myself crying over the frustrations of Janna Curtis, our heroine, a public school teacher who is brought to Larksminster comp. She arrives to find a crumbling building, out-of-control students, indifferent teachers and little local support. Everywhere she turns, it seems
The idea that a 1,110 page book with a 16 page character index is the light palate cleanser I needed to eradicate my reading slump is laughable, but here we are. This book is by no means perfect and it definitely could have been a lot shorter, but was entertaining throughout. Fun, vintage British chick lit
Another splendid page-turner from Jilly Cooper. There are a few bits of child abuse covered therein, which upset me, but were crucial to the plot, having been perpetrated by the "baddies". I was rooting on the side of the "goodies/underdog" all the way through. Cooper lets some familiar characters loose in that familiar GSOH irreverant style and ties it all in at the end with a few Kleenex moments. It's another toffs v. scum-come-good done in an educational setting. If you've read some of
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