A royal fable celebrating the transformative properties (and a few of the unsettling consequences) of reading as an obsession.In a country of commoners, the uncommon reader is the Queen. She has never been a reader, because reading isn't something that "one" (as she invariably refers to herself) does. Yet an unlikely incident involving her dogs and a mobile library making its weekly appearance outside Buckingham Palace moves her to borrow a book. And then another. And another, until reading has become her life's focus. Perhaps the keenest insight here concerns her difficulty with Jane Austen, whose novels pivot so frequently on class distinctions that the Queen herself has never experienced. Those who love reading will recognize the process of the Queen's enrapturing, how one book inevitably leads to another, and so many others, and that the richness of the reading life will always be offset by the recognition that time grows shorter as the list of books grows longer.
This was a surprising book to read .... My husband had been at the bookshop and purchased me a vast aray of books and the lady behind the counter ( Because my husband had spend a few dollars) Give my hubby a FREE BOOK ... And this book was THE UNCOMMON READER ....
It is a short book only 121 pages long but boy it is a wee gem .... Not only because I got it for nothing but because it is so funny .... Loved it ....
It is a fictional story about Queen Elizabeth when she discovers books .... And how falling in love with reading books can be seen as a bad thing especially when it comes to the Queens Secretary ...
There are so many funny wee moments in the novel as you can totally envisage the Queen not only saying but doing ... I loved the whole book apart from one sentence that was crude and felt that it just didn't need to be put in the book .... So if I could tip-exed 7 words out the book it would be perfect ...
You could easily read this book in an afternoon and love it .... There is a surprising end which is so funny ...
A great wee book to read and one that I will read again ...
I rate this book 5*****
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