The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett, 120 pagesThe Queen of England is out for a walk, runs across a bookmobile, and realizes she has never really read. So begins her discovery of books and literature, but can the world handle a Queen who is learning to think for herself? I don't know about this book- novella, really; maybe it's witty, in a British way? But it just felt like an endless string of name-dropping authors that sound good on paper to have read. The ratio of corgis to pages was also dismally low.
Is the Queen supposed to be Elizabeth, or a generic alternate queen? If it is Liz, is there any evidence that the real Queen is not, in fact, well read? Is "learning to think for herself" just another way of saying "learning to think like the author"? Does the independent-minded queen become politically active? If so, does the book address the obvious contradiction with democracy? Are there no corgis at all, or just too few? How many more questions can I ask before this comment becomes longer than the book itself?
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She makes a joke about going through a bunch of them, and that's about it. Highly disappointing! :(
You're practically there! :D
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