Love Is a Many Trousered Thing

Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #8

by Louise Rennison

Woe is Georgia! Georgia Nicolson thought life was hard when her only worry was whether Masimo would choose her over Wet Lindsay. But then Dave the Laugh started acting strange --and everything was turned upside down when Robbie the Sex God suddenly returned!

In this eighth entry of the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series, every reader will be wishing they had Georgia's problems.

About the Author


LOUISE RENNISON is the author of seven other books about Georgia. She lives in Brighton, England.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Humor, Fiction, Contemporary, Chick Lit, Teen

271 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

Louise Rennison was the bestselling award-winning author of the phenomenally successful ‘Confessions of Georgia Nicolson’ series, translated into over 34 languages and to the stage and big screen as ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’. She has won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize, the Michael L. Printz Honor Book and the Roald Dahl Funny prize for ‘Withering Tights’. Louise sadly died on February 29, 2016.

Reviews

[Beth]

Italian Cakey?
Creamy Robbie éclair?
Or Dave the tart

I CHOOSE DAVE THE TART E'RRRRRYTIME

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only 2 left to read - how depressing. Such a great series!

Five stars.

[nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yessssss. Luuurved it, naturally, though Georgia really is quite stupid, isn't she? (I had to fight the urge to refer to her as a naff prat just then. Things to remember: I am not British. Nor am I 14.) Masimo, the Italian Stallion, does absolutely nothing for me, and I wish he did an equal amount of nothing for her. Alas.

Variations on the word "bitch" were used four times (I think...) ....!! Almost as shocking as the use of the word "slut" in Harry Potter! I mean, why call someone a bitch when you've got a whole glossary of more interesting nonsense words to choose from at the very back of your own book?

[Susie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not proud, but I totally got hooked on the Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging books when I was in library school! They're kind of like the Bridget Jones's Diary books, but for teens. And you can read them in one sitting! This latest installment is as fluffy as the rest and I shudder to think what a real-life Georgia Nicholson would be like (she's awful!), but I still get a kick out of the humor and the glossary provided for Georgia's "American chums."

[✰ Bianca ✰ BJ's Book Blog ✰ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never want this series to end!
I just love Georgia!
It's crazy, ridiculous, hilarious, adorable!
☺

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a minute there I thought this was going to be a three star book. While I love Gee and the Ace Gang, I can only read about Libby's bizarre toys and the disco inferno with all its many incarnations so many times. Fortunately, Robbie and Dave the Laugh brought this book home in a big big way. I immediately had to begin book 9 and it is with mixed emotions that I enter the home stretch and the impending end of this series.

Gee is on the rack and in the cake shop of lurve. Robbie is back from kiwi-a-gogo land and ready to give things another go. Massimo is free and would like to know if Gee is free for him too. With two Gods to choose from, things couldn't be any more complicated, right? Wrong. G's red bottomosity ways have really caused a problem this time because desptie having a cake of lurve and a Robbie eclair, what G is really thinking about is a Dave tart. The horn has sounded, who will she choose?

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Stars!

“Biology
The film turns out to be about bees. It is a film about a bee center. How crap is this going to be?

An hour later
That was the best thing I have seen for ages. We made Miss Wilson rewind the bit where the two queens were having a bitch fight.”

BOOK EIGHT is down! Georgia Nicolson, more like her creator, is hilarious. Her stories are even funnier. The crazy things that come out of her mouth are a poster quote worthy. Seriously, guys, aren't you tired of me telling how hilarious these books are? No, well let me keep telling you the same thing over and over.

“This is the first day of the rest of my life. So why is my hair sticking up like a cockerel?”

Georgia's character has grow up a bit! Please give her a hand, because thats a really a judge step. I have been rambling on about how her character is immature, stupid, but hilarious; BUT she keeps getting wiser each book. Not wiser wiser, but more looking like a "normal" teenager, soon to be adult. This book began she escaping from he reality, but when she has to face it again, she makes the best decision, not my opinion.

“It’s hard to tell the truth sometimes, especially if you don’t want to hurt someone. And you did. You said what you feel. And you must do what is right for you, not what other people say is right.”

Robbie did land, but so did Masimo and don't forget always here Dave the Laugh. Georgia has a tough life, that's for sure. Three boys after her and she thinking who to choose, but always leaving Dave out of the question because he is her mate, as he said. So, the decision is between Robbie and Masimo, who will be the lucky one? Apart from all that problem, there isn't much of the book, but I really laugh A LOT with everything. Please, mates read this book!

“I always want to tell him everything. But instead I said, “What’s your advice, Hornmeister?”
And he started doing pretend beard stroking and said, “Well, luuurve is a many trousered thing. . . .”

[Rachel Brand · Rating 2 out of 5]

Georgia is shallow and immature and truly needs to grow up, but these books are still very funny. Sadly, there's a girl in my year who steals all of Georgia's phrases and words, and everyone thinks she's wonderfully original.
I was slightly annoyed at Georgia moaning about how crap History is, and also how unromatic Germans and the German language is. The most gentlemanly man I've ever met is from Germany, so she clearly is quite biased.
Anyway, a light read and only took me a few hours to get through. It's obvious that Georgia is meant to be with Dave (their levels of maturity match) and I feel kind of sorry for Robbie and Masimo having to put up with a girlfriend who believes that the most important things about them are their looks and how good they are at kissing.

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19/01/09: Upon my second reading I've knocked the rating from 5/10 to 4/10. Georgia is so self-obsessed and shallow. I've come to realise that she is the sort of girl who I have to tell off when she's misbehaving in my school library. Yes, I, like Wet Lindsay, am a spoffy prefect. But hey, I'm going to end up with a wonderful, caring boyfriend one day (who cares about the environment and writes thoughful songs) and she'll be stuck with Dave the Laugh, whose only subject of conversation is her breasts!

Despite this, I probably will read the ninth book some day, just because I don't like to give up on a series part-way through.

[Julie Decker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Georgia, a high-strung British teenager with boy troubles and an embarrassing family, is continuing her trend of having no idea which guy to chase. Robbie was her first real boyfriend, but the way he left her was disappointing, and now that he's back she's not sure she is ready to be into him again even though he's truly gorgeous and kisses well. And then there's also Masimo, who is almost equally gorgeous and almost equally good at kissing (okay, maybe better, on both counts), and furthermore he's aggressively pursuing her--to the point that he's making a midnight rendezvous with her and inviting her to visit him in Italy. Why do all the boys run away? Which one does she like? Her friends aren't much help, with the exception, perhaps, of Dave the Laugh--who's surprisingly supportive of her relationships despite that she has also considered HIM. Georgia has to decide, with the help of her ace gang and some kissing experiments, or she'll be on the rack of luuuuurve forever.

This one was just about as hilarious and fun as the others, a quick read, and full of bizarre situations that are just weird enough to never get old when they keep happening. I don't like that the dialogue makes really rude comments sometimes about fat people and lesbians, but I guess since I'm not necessarily supposed to think Georgia and her friends are nice people (they're often not), I am still able to enjoy it. Her boy problems are not relatable to me, but they're really funny.

[Kait · Rating 5 out of 5]

Georgia Nicholson rides again! These books never fail to make me laugh and possibly roll my eyes. The only bad thing about Louise Rennison's addictive writing is that I go around speaking like a completely naff person on the edge of a nervy b. See? There I go again. I need to check my maturocity.

[Mel Steadman Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Possibly my favourites of the series. Love Dave the Laugh and glad he's more involved in this one.

[Serena.. Sery-ously? · Rating 5 out of 5]

Popsugar Reading challenge: A book about a band or musical group

Around the year in 52 books: A book with handwriting on the cover

The 52 books club challenge: A bilingual character

[Saoirse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sacrée Georgia, pas facile de faire des choix. Ce tome m’a moins fait rire, j’ai eu plus de mal avec toutes les expressions de notre héroïne. Mais j’aime ses réflexions et ses discussions avec sa mère.

[May · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious 😂

[✰ Bianca ✰ BJ's Book Blog ✰ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never want this series to end!
I just love Georgia!
It's crazy, ridiculous, hilarious, adorable!
☺

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luuurve is a Many Trousered Thing was a laugh! We left the previous book with Georgia running off to catch an imaginary train, just to escape the wild predicament that is Sex God and the Luuurve God at the same place at the same time! The Luuurve fandango continues and Georgia's queuing up at the Bakery of Love!

Georgia's let into the cakeshop and has finally decided on the Italian fancy that is Masimo. He becomes her official boyfriend, giving her a No.4 (on the snogging scale, times 3), and invites her to visit him at Pizza-a-gogo land! However, Georgia still hasn't broken the news to the Sex God and still fancies herself a Robbie Eclair, rearing her red bottom. When she does tell him, it ends in tears for both parties. Whilst Masimo's gone to Pizza-a-gogo land for now and Robbie's headed back to Kiwi-a-gogo land, Dave the Laugh makes his much-welcomed appearance at camp and Georgia has unexpectedly had to return to the cakeshop to grab Dave the Tart. Bugger!

This book sent me into hysterical fits of laughter, more so than the previous books! The love square has definitely become quite a dilemma! I am convinced she must end up with Dave the Laugh. A. He's a laugh and B. He's the best snog Georgia's ever had (she herself admitted it to Rosie!) and C. He likes a certain someone, possibly better than his girlfriend, Emma!

[Genaphur · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every time I read one of these books I always ask myself, "why?". I still don't know the answer. It's a ok read but I know I have far out grown reading books like this and yet when a new one comes out I pick it up and read it. I can't even understand half the things that Georgia is going on about in the story. Then I find myself going around saying things like "fabby". Oh well, I know when book 9 comes out I'll read that too and start thinking to myself, "why?".

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series never fails to make me laugh out loud. Georgia Nicolson is so confused, so dramatic, and so boy-crazy, but you see hints of a good heart underneath. While enjoying her antics I find myself rooting for the rational part of her brain to win.

I don't know how to recommend these titles to teen girls. Do they take the books seriously or laugh at themselves? Need a little help from all you YA Specialists. How do you sell this series?

[Hayley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm waaaay older than the target audience for this book now and yet I still find them to be the perfect pick-me-up when my illness flares up and I need an easy, amusing read. Georgia is such a funny character, I can't help but find her endearing even when she is being utterly daft.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

i just want to be done with this series already but noooo, there's two more books left!

[Samge · Rating 5 out of 5]

More like a 4.5 because she keeps ignoring her feelings about Dave the laugh.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I left this series for way too long, but it’s as good now as it was three years ago.

[Evangeline · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was thinking I was Team No one and boys can just do one. But I’m Team Dave again

[maddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If Georgia doesn't end up with Dave The Laugh I will KICK the FUCK off.

[Chloe Reads Books · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was more entertaining than most of the others of this series (hence the 2 star) but it's still pretty disappointing, in my opinion.

[Analisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

teehee!

this book had me literally rolling my eyes internally for about 230 pages and then giggling for the other 10, but somehow i really loved it.

ok i literally have no choice but to mark this one as spoilers because i don’t know what else to say about it besides talking about what specifically happened in this book.

dave! the! laugh! eeeeeeeeep!!! the entire book i just kept waiting for georgia to understand what she was feeling and i feel like THE LAST SCENE gives me a smallllll glimmer of hope that the next book is bringing a DTL/GN romance ????? i guess we shall see!!

they’re just a great pair. they have a really nice friendship and you can tell they both care about each other. like come on, louise. give me a sweet little friends to lovers moment!!!!

something i really hope to see in the next 2 books is some actual growing up on georgias part though. i wish she was a better friend than she is, but i am glad she has friends who are so good to her, even when she’s awful.

like it’s truly all about me me me for georgia and that’s fine but genuinely if i was her friend i would lose my marbles having to put up with her i think.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

ESSE FINAL, ENFIIIIIM!!!!!!

[Beth Cooper · Rating 5 out of 5]

at this point my re-read of this series has gone way beyond nostalgia and is entirely deep investment in the plot

[Holly Cooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing

[Sammy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am really, really, really not the audience for this.