The Gifted, the Talented and Me
William Sutcliffe
The Gifted, the Talented and Me
William Sutcliffe
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Hold the front page: a young adult book has landed that isn’t set in a dystopian warzone, doesn’t involve a bleak tale of terminal illness, abuse or hate. Absolutely no one dies. Although readers may collapse laughing because, shush, it’s dangerously funny ... To the parent, every line rings true — this is a writer with real live teenagers and he is especially good on the ups and downs of sibling relations and young love. Sutcliffe is gifted and talented. I hope the prizes flood in. I’ll be giving this to every teenager I know.
Hold the front page: a young adult book has landed that isn’t set in a dystopian warzone, doesn’t involve a bleak tale of terminal illness, abuse or hate. Absolutely no one dies. Although readers may collapse laughing because, shush, it’s dangerously funny ... To the parent, every line rings true — this is a writer with real live teenagers and he is especially good on the ups and downs of sibling relations and young love. Sutcliffe is gifted and talented. I hope the prizes flood in. I’ll be giving this to every teenager I know.
So, so funny and recognisable - I immediately forced it on my 14 year old
Funny books for teenagers are a scarce thing indeed, making The Gifted, the Talented and Me particularly welcome ... Sutcliffe’s first comic novel for younger readers is a deft satire on 21st-century family life. Comparisons with Adrian Mole are inevitable, but this has a charm all of its own.
The Gifted, the Talented and Me made me cry with laughter. A comic novel like this is a gift to the nation, and Will Sutcliffe's teenage Sam, struggling to adapt as his family moves to privileged, pretentious Hampstead and enrols him in a progressive London school is the best book he has written for a decade. He, David Nicholls and Joe Dunthorne are part of a tradition that goes back to PG Wodehouse, and which has never been more needed by readers young and old.
Probably the funniest and most authentic novel that I’ve read about being an awkward, self-conscious teenage boy since I WAS an awkward, self-conscious teenage boy! Bravo, William Sutcliffe!
I totally loved The Gifted, the Talented and Me - great characters, packed with wisdom and reminiscent of Adrian Mole (there's no higher praise, let's face it).
Sharp, witty and brilliantly observed … I haven’t laughed out loud like that for a long time
I was never an awkward teenage boy, but it made me laugh out loud on the tube. Consequently, my membership of London has been revoked for such a serious breach of etiquette.
What a wonderful book! It made me chortle, and I never chortle. So, so refreshing and charming and believable. I loved this book.
I blasted through this corker …Definitely shades of Adrian Mole but also some Louise Rennison-esque naughtiness, which can’t be a bad thing. YA needs more books like this …
More laughs out loud than any other book I have read this year. One to entertain all the family
A helping of Adrian Mole, spiced with a hint of Inbetweeners, this gives a painfully accurate insight into the agonies of male adolescence
A brilliant comic satire on family life
Rare is the description of an average family with ordinary problems, which is why William Sutcliffe’s The Gifted, the Talented and Me was so refreshing… Sutcliffe also debunked the notion of a hero who has to be somehow special and unique
Ryan Watson brings a down-to-earth, gleefully comic sensibility to his performance as resolutely normal Sam, abruptly plonked into the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented
Give your teenager the Christmas gift of laughter with this publishing rarity, a funny, clever YA novel
Sutcliffe’s young adult novel was the year’s funniest book ... The book is joyous: full of spot-on satirical observation and candid teenage embarrassment. One not to read in public if chortling audibly bothers you
An utterly hilarious and sharp take on the “we’re all special” rhetoric
This must be one of the funniest novels of the year in any age category
Think Adrian Mole, spiced with a hint of Inbetweeners, it gives a painfully accurate insight into male adolescence
William Sutcliffe provides some much-needed comic relief in The Gifted, The Talented and Me, a deft satire on modern family life with shades of Adrian Mole
William Sutcliffe is the author of twelve novels, including the international bestseller Are You Experienced? and The Wall, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He has written for adults, young adults and children, and has been translated into twenty-eight languages. His 2008 novel Whatever Makes You Happy is now a Netflix Original film starring Patricia Arquette, Felicity Huffman and Angela Bassett. It was released in August 2019 under the title Otherhood. His latest novel, The Gifted, The Talented and Me, was described by The Times as ‘dangerously funny’ and by the Guardian as ‘refreshingly hilarious’.
Hold the front page: a young adult book has landed that isn’t set in a dystopian warzone, doesn’t involve a bleak tale of terminal illness, abuse or hate. Absolutely no one dies. Although readers may collapse laughing because, shush, it’s dangerously funny ... To the parent, every line rings true — this is a writer with real live teenagers and he is especially good on the ups and downs of sibling relations and young love. Sutcliffe is gifted and talented. I hope the prizes flood in. I’ll be giving this to every teenager I know.
So, so funny and recognisable - I immediately forced it on my 14 year old
Funny books for teenagers are a scarce thing indeed, making The Gifted, the Talented and Me particularly welcome ... Sutcliffe’s first comic novel for younger readers is a deft satire on 21st-century family life. Comparisons with Adrian Mole are inevitable, but this has a charm all of its own.
The Gifted, the Talented and Me made me cry with laughter. A comic novel like this is a gift to the nation, and Will Sutcliffe's teenage Sam, struggling to adapt as his family moves to privileged, pretentious Hampstead and enrols him in a progressive London school is the best book he has written for a decade. He, David Nicholls and Joe Dunthorne are part of a tradition that goes back to PG Wodehouse, and which has never been more needed by readers young and old.
Probably the funniest and most authentic novel that I’ve read about being an awkward, self-conscious teenage boy since I WAS an awkward, self-conscious teenage boy! Bravo, William Sutcliffe!
I totally loved The Gifted, the Talented and Me - great characters, packed with wisdom and reminiscent of Adrian Mole (there's no higher praise, let's face it).
Sharp, witty and brilliantly observed … I haven’t laughed out loud like that for a long time
I was never an awkward teenage boy, but it made me laugh out loud on the tube. Consequently, my membership of London has been revoked for such a serious breach of etiquette.
What a wonderful book! It made me chortle, and I never chortle. So, so refreshing and charming and believable. I loved this book.
I blasted through this corker …Definitely shades of Adrian Mole but also some Louise Rennison-esque naughtiness, which can’t be a bad thing. YA needs more books like this …
More laughs out loud than any other book I have read this year. One to entertain all the family
A helping of Adrian Mole, spiced with a hint of Inbetweeners, this gives a painfully accurate insight into the agonies of male adolescence
A brilliant comic satire on family life
Rare is the description of an average family with ordinary problems, which is why William Sutcliffe’s The Gifted, the Talented and Me was so refreshing… Sutcliffe also debunked the notion of a hero who has to be somehow special and unique
Ryan Watson brings a down-to-earth, gleefully comic sensibility to his performance as resolutely normal Sam, abruptly plonked into the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented
Give your teenager the Christmas gift of laughter with this publishing rarity, a funny, clever YA novel
Sutcliffe’s young adult novel was the year’s funniest book ... The book is joyous: full of spot-on satirical observation and candid teenage embarrassment. One not to read in public if chortling audibly bothers you
An utterly hilarious and sharp take on the “we’re all special” rhetoric
This must be one of the funniest novels of the year in any age category
Think Adrian Mole, spiced with a hint of Inbetweeners, it gives a painfully accurate insight into male adolescence
William Sutcliffe provides some much-needed comic relief in The Gifted, The Talented and Me, a deft satire on modern family life with shades of Adrian Mole
William Sutcliffe is the author of twelve novels, including the international bestseller Are You Experienced? and The Wall, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He has written for adults, young adults and children, and has been translated into twenty-eight languages. His 2008 novel Whatever Makes You Happy is now a Netflix Original film starring Patricia Arquette, Felicity Huffman and Angela Bassett. It was released in August 2019 under the title Otherhood. His latest novel, The Gifted, The Talented and Me, was described by The Times as ‘dangerously funny’ and by the Guardian as ‘refreshingly hilarious’.