Review: Cousin Felicity has good points too
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2012
I don't usually like kids' books. Their humour leaves me cold if not irritated. 'Cousin Felicity' is absolutely not in this category. The kids are real live youngsters, beautifully observed. Daniel and Sophie's mum is such a lovely, long-suffering woman I feel I want to give my own mum a copy as a sort of handbook.Cousin Felicity is a masterpiece of comic imagination. Kids like her really do exist, I've seen them - been glad they're nothing to do with me, but they are out there. Daniel is the kind of little boy mothers dream of having, and Sophie is such a brilliantly tough but caring big sister.The story covers a deceptively broad range of adult themes: loss, grieving, estate agents, and having to deal with the seamy side of life.I heartily recommend 'Cousin Felicity', especially to parents who read stories to their kids and hate it. You'll like this one.