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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Bill's New Frock in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Bill's New Frock
Bill's New Frock
Anne Fine | 2002 | Children, Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
7
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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The humour. Exploring the topic of gender and identity (0 more)
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Funny and curent
I liked this book. In a nutshell, the protagonist wakes up one day and he is a girl. I guess that the reader has just to accept that because there is no indication as to whether Bill was actually a girl in the first place or if he actually physically changed. Fine explores gender inequality in her book as Bill is faced with a variety of obstacles that force him to see the way that girls are treated. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on the pink dress and the impracticality of wearing such an item of clothing. I also liked the way that Bill reacts to the school bully who wolf whistles at him.
This book is a short read with lovely illustrations and rather funny.
  
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David McK (3550 KP) rated The Last Kingdom - Season 5 in TV

Sep 3, 2023 (Updated Sep 3, 2023)  
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The Last Kingdom - Season 5
2021 | History
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Based on a 13-run series of novels by UK author Bernard Cornwell (now living in America), The Last Kingdom - both books and series - is set in and around the time of Alfred the Great and his descendants, and follows the exploits of Saxon born but Danish raised Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Each series of the TV show adopted roughly 2 of the novels so - if memory serves - that means that this series covers the events of 'Warriors of the Storm' and 'War of the Wolf'.

For some reason, however - and unlike the earlier Sharpe series (also based on novels by Cornwell) I struggled to get into this one, taking roughly a year and a bit to watch a 10 episode series.

I'm not sure why, but it just didn't help with me.

Mores the pity.