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Just William by Richmal Crompton

tkinvt's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

book0logy's review

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5.0

Just William is my childhood, and I was so happy to read his adventures once more

rworrall78's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Charming and laugh out loud funny. Dated (had to do a bit of explaining and correcting of attitudes to my son as I read it to him) but a lot of fun. 

kat_the_bookcat's review

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4.0

This book was so precious. William is an eleven-year-old boy who is CONSTANTLY getting into trouble. Like he's such a mess. He's trying to just live life, but his obnoxious family seems to dislike EVERYTHING he does! How rude of them.

siofradelaney's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

nikkivrc's review

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4.0

I love this kind of book. It reminded me a lot of 'Little Lord Fauntleroy', one of my favourite books of all time. While Cedric is an angel and William is always up to no good, they're both so fundamentally innocent and endearing. 'Just William' was really funny all the way through, mostly because of Crompton's perfect way of describing things. Her choice of words is spot-on and makes these stories hilarious. I felt genuinely carefree and happy while reading this book, which is a very rare thing for me indeed. I will definitely be reading more of William's adventures.

nanchun's review

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Reading these for my project don’t judge me

splitinfinitive's review

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4.0

Reliving good times!!

remocpi's review against another edition

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4.0

Primer libro de Guillermo Brown. De niño leí unos cuantos, pero no consiguió engancharme. Para mí Guillero era un poco extraterrestre, nunca conseguía entender por qué hacía las cosas que hacía. Supongo que si lo releo hoy encontraré otro nivel de lectura. A mi padre le encantaba y por eso llegué a leer siete u ocho, pero no toda la serie, como sí hice con Los Hollister, por ejemplo.

scaifea's review against another edition

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2.0

A sort of British Dennis the Menace. More like Meh-nace.