REVIEW : Knocked out by my nunga-nungas by Louise Rennison

 

 

‘Knocked” is the third book in the series featuring the diary entries of Georgia Nicolson. Georgia is a riot! A Brit teen that has a vernacular that will have you howling and turning to the back of the book for explanations :) What I really liked about this book is how easy I could figure out the characters and the situations despite not reading the other books in this series.

Georgia is going through a series of changes in this volume. She is feeling a bit slighted by her friends, is having snogging withdrawal due to the absence of her sex god boyfriend and she has to go on a family trip to Scotland. Lots of fun and madcap adventures. Louise really captures the teenage mentality and this book never “reads” like a book but like a peek into a diary.

 

This One Thing

There was one thing that bothered me in this book though. Twice Georgia uses the word lesbian or lessies in a way I didn't enjoy. Yes it was humorous, and not meant to be derogatory. But I think it’s important that YA novels work to overcome language and negative patterns, even if that is the way teens may talk. Overall though this is a great book and definitely a series I will follow.