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In the novel, that whole speech about the 'pinpricks of everyday life' isn't really an indication of her unhappiness. I thought it was well done, although they made her a slightly sadder figure than in the book. The only real difference, I thought, was that they made a bit more of Fanny's character. A lot of the dialogue and all the best jokes were straight from the page. With big, fat books you can't do that (and it can be a disaster if you try) but this was nice and short so it made sense. She was a 'moderate Socialist' apparently.)Īfter reading the book, I realised that one of the reasons the TV series worked so well is that it stuck very faithfully to the source material. (Don't worry, Nancy wasn't the Nazi-loving sister or the one who ran off with Oswald Mosely. It's even quite political, and I found the politics kind of interesting - you've got to take them all with a pinch of salt though, for obvious reasons. It's been described as 1930's chick-lit, and it is, but that's not to say it was frothy. It had a cosy classic feel, but more bite and a darker humour. No spoilers, but what were those last two pages, really? The last two pages!!! Despite all that though, it was a really quick read.

By the time we get to the war years, it almost feels like we're starting a new book - and then it ends, suddenly. We're following Linda's life, but there's not really much of a structure.

Plot points and characters drift in and out and the tone is quite informal and chatty. I think that's one of the things with this book - I love the style of the writing and the humour, but it is a bit random. And Fabrice! Although, I felt Aunt Emily was neglected? She's supposed to have raised the narrator, but we hear very little about her at all. Even the awful ones - you can kind of tell that the author is writing about her family, as these - often terrible - characters are written with such affection. The story is set mainly in the nineteen thirties, and although the privilege of the characters can be grating at times, I actually really liked them.