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Class (2008)

by Jane Beaton(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0751540609 (ISBN13: 9780751540604)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sphere

series

Maggie Adair

review 1: 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 be interesting if done right, but it felt rather shoe horned in. I don't know why Stan has such incredible mood swings, why David suddenly dropped this bomb on her and why she isn't making a choice when her heart clearly tells her otherwise. That being said, I hope the rest of the s... moreeries will continue to build on their characters and the potential of this book.
review 2: 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 fitting in, but there’s also plenty of space devoted to the headmistress, with a dark secret of her own, and two of the girls, scholarship girl Simone and rebellious Fliss. Delightful balance between the modern setting and a voice that at times is marvellously Brazilish or Blytonesque. I am so pleased this book exists, and even more pleased there is a sequel. less

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