The Peasants’ Revolting Lives by (the amazing) Terry Deary
So let me be clear, huge, HUGE Terry Deary fan. I read the books, watched the shows, saw the movies, sang the songs...
This is a little more adult and hopeless than Horrible Histories but it has the same humor (Mr. Deary sure does love his puns) and you close the book fully confident that you have learned something.
The first 70 pages or so were a bit slow-going for me, maybe because of the themes but I read the rest of the book in one go and laughing out loud all the while. This when I was not feeling absolutely heartbroken and hopeless by how much things hadn’t changed.
The entire book does have a very defeatist streak or a more realist streak, depending on how you look at it but to counterbalance it, there is a lot of ridiculous stories, funny quotes, and the undeniable fact that some things albeit not perfect did change for the better. (Personal fave: the sports chapter, especially the athlete's quotes - footballer’s, ‘nough said).
If there is someone that I would want to be immortal, it’s this man. More Terry Deary, please!
Thank you to Pen and Sword History and NetGalley for this DRC
7.5/10
