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A review by vortimer
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes
2.0
Read and thoroughly enjoyed McDonald Frazer's Flashman novels about a decade ago, a cheeky spinoff of this 19th Century novel - perhaps a book more known than read these days.
As I plan to start a re-read of the Flashman novels this year, it felt right to tackle this first.
I was expecting dated, and these expectations were not subverted.
Even as someone who read and enjoyed obsolete public school adventures as a state school kid in the late 70's and early 80's, I can't imagine reading this now for pleasure, only in experiencing the Ur-text of a major subgenre that was revived with massive success by JK Rowling.
As I plan to start a re-read of the Flashman novels this year, it felt right to tackle this first.
I was expecting dated, and these expectations were not subverted.
Even as someone who read and enjoyed obsolete public school adventures as a state school kid in the late 70's and early 80's, I can't imagine reading this now for pleasure, only in experiencing the Ur-text of a major subgenre that was revived with massive success by JK Rowling.