Charles Pooter V

Having not read the original on which this is based, I can't give a totally fair revue. From what I have seen of the first 'Diary of a Nobody' this is a very faithful update.
Unfortunately, all the characters involved are of the type I actively go out of my way to avoid, and I found each and every one of them tedious in the extreme.
Whilst this is no doubt a well-written adaptation of a 'classic', if you're no fan of the chattering Daily Mail reading middle class then avoid like the plague. In small doses as part of a larger work of satire, Pooter and his 'clan' would have been tolerable. An entire book of them? No.… (mehr)