Angus, thongs and full- frontal snogging by Louise Rennison

The title of the book is Angus, thongs and full- frontal snogging. This book was written by Louise Rennison and published in 1999.

The genre for this book is drama and comedy. Teenagers are having many question about their life and body so I think that this book is never going to be old or out of date. The story takes place at school and in Georgia´s room at home.

Georgia is the character in the book and she is a teenager. She wonders how it feels to kiss a boy. Is she going to kiss a boy or is it going to be too repulsive? She is sharing her thoughts with her best friend .They are helping each other with their teenage problems but they don’t have the same view about everything and sometimes become enemies.  The two of them are looking for a boyfriend. This is a big problem because they don’t understand how the boys are thinking. When the story ends, Georgia and Jas are still in their teens.

Georgia is a teenage girl with a teenage problem. She thinks that she had a big nose and it is bigger while she is smiling. Why can’t her mum give her a plastic surgery? She lives with her mum, dad, little sister and her cat Angus in a house. She thought that her dad is nagging at her all the time. Angus is not a normal cat. He is very big, like a Labrador. Her friend Jas is having some problem with a boy and Georgia tried to help her with that. Jas and Georgia want a boyfriend but it remains a mystery how to get one. How will they figure out a way to understand the boys’ way to act and think?

A quotation from the book:

“In my room in front of the mirror. Practicing smiling without making my nose spread. It’s impossible. I must never smile again”

The language in the book is quite simple. Sometimes Georgia is using some Spanish words. The author used some slang words but in the end of the book you have the explanation of the words. The book is written like a dairy so you are following Georgia during the day. She is writing down her thoughts and the episode for the day.

I think the author wants the reader to know what a teenager is thinking. We all have been teenagers and it is a period in life when you change a lot. Your friends are maybe getting new friends and it is not the same as in junior school. These changes make you think a lot. You are getting more interesting for boys and you body changes in different ways. I think this book shows us a teenager’s world and which problems they have. The author succeeded to write this and gave me the feeling of being a teenager again.

I really like this book. I couldn’t stop reading when I started and that is a good sign. I like this kind of book when you read it from the characters way to act. It is simple to understand and follow the book when you read it like a diary. You are with them all the time during the day. The author wrote this book in a very first rate stile and with a sense of humour. There were many times it made me laugh. You recognized yourself in many teenage problems. The questions that you ask yourself like how it is to kiss a boy, do you look good, do you have friends, school is boring and which clothes you are going to have at the party. You are thinking so much when you are a teenager, especially the girls. It was fun to get that feeling again and think that these problems you had at that time is not you problem right now.
Something depressing in this book is that Georgia is wondering about her nose and she wants to get a plastic surgery. It feels bad that she doesn’t like that and want to do a plastic surgery. She is not going to be a better person because of that. There are many teenagers who want a plastic surgery but the good thing is that many parents do not let them do it. The good thing here was that Georgia’s mum did not let her do a plastic surgery.

I really recommend this book if you like to read a book with humour and teenage problems.

Written by Elina