Creepy Maud edition by Dianne Touchell Children eBooks
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Hilarious and heartbreaking, Creepy & Maud charts the relationship between two social misfits, played out in the space between their windows. Creepy is a boy who watches from the shadows keenly observing and caustically commentating on human folly. Maud is less certain. A confused girl with a condition that embarrasses her parents and assures her isolation. Together Creepy and Maud discover something outside their own vulnerability — each other's. But life is arbitrary; and loving someone doesn't mean you can save them. Creepy & Maud is a blackly funny and moving first novel that says; 'You're ok to be as screwed up as you think you are and you're not alone in that.'
Creepy Maud edition by Dianne Touchell Children eBooks
This young adult fiction shouldn't be passed up by other age groups as it is a fantastic read. It is written superbly and the characters are wonderful. A simple and offbeat story line, it is a teenage love story, as well as a funny, clever and sometimes tragic observation of suburban family life. Unfolding with suspense and credibility, the misunderstood youths create a very moving story from start to finish. Looking forward to Dianne Touchell's next work. This is brilliant.Product details
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Creepy Maud edition by Dianne Touchell Children eBooks Reviews
Creepy and Maud is a beautifully written book. It's been tagged as Young Adult fiction, but it is crafted with such genuine literary flair and a deliciously wicked sense of humour that it can be enjoyed by any reader. The story is told in the first person by two teenagers, and Touchell has created two distinctive voices that she controls with consummate skill. She deals with difficult material, but without patronising either her characters or her readers. A fantastic read. Highly recommended.
Creepy and Maud are neighbours and on the outskirts, of everything.
So, they watch everything.
They watch their parents like they're observing a particularly gruesome animal documentary. Creepy watches them yell blue murder at one another; he monitors the half-empty glasses of wine his mum stores around the house, and he quietly observes his dad training their dog, Dobie Squires, to attack his wife with a yelled "Gitah!" (get her). Maud watches her quiet mother, her mother who never cries. She sees her father lurking around the house, seeking out her mother's cat to kick.
Creepy watches the people at school. He notices how the clique of beautiful girls are currently obsessed with Pandora bracelets, wrapping all their hopes and dreams up in tiny charms. Maud sees the shaking, sweating hands of their French teacher.
Creepy and Maud are on the outskirts, quietly watching.
And then, one day, Creepy starts watching Maud. From across the way he sees that his bedroom window looks into hers (if her curtains are open and Creepy stands a certain way and uses a pair of relic binoculars). Creepy watches Maud pulling on her hair - the hair atop her head, on her eyelashes, even the hair . . . down there. He watches Maud draw. He watches Maud's father yell at her. He watches Maud being . . . Maud. And Creepy falls in love.
So he holds a note up to his window for her to see . . .
. . . And then Maud starts watching Creepy right back.
`Creepy and Maud' is the debut young adult novel from Australian author, Dianne Touchell.
Creepy and Maud take turns narrating their unfolding romance, beginning with Creepy observing the decidedly unromantic life of his parents who have not set a very good example for their young son. In fact, Creepy begins so sceptical about love that he does not like to be touched, by anybody. But then he starts observing Maud across the way, he takes note that she has Trichotillomania - enjoys pulling her hair out - and he is intrigued at her manifestation of pain. He's also intrigued by her drawing, her cat's eye glasses and eventually everything about her.
Creepy is Creepy partly because he's invisible - always with his head in a book, his superior mind doesn't leave him much room to tolerate most kids his age. He reads the classics, from Kerouac to Thomas Hardy, `The Man in the Iron Mask' and `Peter Pan'. He quotes Lewis Carroll to Maud via a written message held up to his window, inadvertently appealing to her love of five's (five letters, five-word sentences, five syllables. . .) But he's also Creepy because he falls in love with Maud, fast and from a distance, without her knowing.
This is such a lyrical, beautiful novel about a kooky suburban love story between teenage neighbours. It's really a very simple story, insomuch as a love story can be simple, but it's the characters of Creepy and Maud that make this book seem rather grandiose. And it's Touchell's fresh and delicious prose that makes this novel truly unforgettable.
Creepy is a very articulate, observant young man with a dark, dark, dark sense of humour. He starts out seeing the world in such a wonderful austere way, but he starts to slowly and subtly change when he begins watching Maud. Suddenly, all those romantic books he reads come in handy. One day he sees Maud not looking her usual gloomy self, and he describes the image thus; "With a smile like a shiver on a landscape." Urgh! He's gorgeous; even more so for being a little bit mysterious to both Maud and the reader.
Creepy falling for Maud is a little bit of a miracle, considering the romantic role models his parent's aren't. So when he does fall, it's a little bit spectacular.
Maud is equally fascinating. She doesn't think she's as articulate as Creepy, or as smart (what with all those books he reads). Maud understands the world through drawing, her grandma and the sweet sensation of `pulling'. She yearns for a real friend, but doesn't know how to get one. And she thinks Creepy's parents love each other, since they still have enough passion to yell at one another. Each of her chapters ends with a Coda - the sum of her thoughts that reveal Maud is a lot smarter than anybody gives her credit for.
`Creepy and Maud' is a disarmingly wonderful novel. It's funny, dark and weird; a neighbourly love story across the ways that contrasts the horrors of suburban family values with the seismic tremors of first love. Creepy is severely witty, and Maud a fascinatingly complex young woman. Dianne Touchell is most certainly a sharp new voice to look out for on the Australian YA scene.
I wanted to love this book, I really did. The blurb made me think of Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park. However, this book just fell a bit flat for me.
The title did catch my attention especially since it had the word Creepy in it.
I like the cover of the book. It's just so simple, yet interesting. I think it definitely fits in with the book since the two characters converse from their bedroom windows.
The world building was believable. Most of the story takes place within the confines of Creepy's window and sometimes from Maud's window. It's a very believable setting.
The pacing was really slow. I kept hoping it would pick up at some point, but it never did. At no point, did it pick up even a little bit.
I think the plot had the potential to be interesting. Creepy watches Maud from his bedroom window. Eventually, Maud notices, and they start writing notes to each other and put them in their bedroom window. Maud has a disorder where she pulls out the hair on her body. Creepy is just a strange teen. I just felt that their was no plot development. I kept waiting for some action or plot twist to happen, but nothing did. It's just two teens conversing from their windows.
I liked Maud and Creepy. They have their problems, but they are still likable enough. However, I felt there was no character development either. It would've been nice to have a bit more back story on both characters. All we're told is that Maud and Creepy's families hate each other. It is explained a little bit as to why at least.
Some of the wording is Australian phrasing which I had a hard time understanding. However, it only happens now and again, so the book is easy to understand for other cultures. There is some swearing, but nothing too bad. There is a little bit of violence but no sex or sexual references.
Overall, Creepy & Maud by Dianne Touchell just falls flat from lack of character and plot development. The writing itself wasn't bad though.
Personally, I wouldn't recommend this book unless it has some tweaking when it comes to the characters and the plot.
(I won a copy of this book in a competition. I was not required to write a review. This review can also be found on my blog).
This young adult fiction shouldn't be passed up by other age groups as it is a fantastic read. It is written superbly and the characters are wonderful. A simple and offbeat story line, it is a teenage love story, as well as a funny, clever and sometimes tragic observation of suburban family life. Unfolding with suspense and credibility, the misunderstood youths create a very moving story from start to finish. Looking forward to Dianne Touchell's next work. This is brilliant.
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