Review of Trudi's Triumph
Posted: 22 Apr 2025, 09:24
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Trudi's Triumph" by Peter Spencer.]
Trudi's Triumph by Peter Spencer is a novel about a feisty young girl who runs a political campaign. Peter Spencer is a journalist and broadcaster who was a political correspondent for Sky News for two decades.
Trudi is twelve years old and lives with her parents. Her dad is Lord Penislow and used to be prime minister. She has a parrot called Lady Casement and a cat called Fangle. She disagreed with Brexit and wants to run a social media campaign for a return to Europe targeted at young people. Trudi gets help from Miss Mism, her piano teacher and MI6 secret agent. Trudi gets some ideas from Karl Marx’s writings and puts a post on X, ending with the slogan, “EU turn if you know what’s good for you.”
Trudi’s campaign starts a chain of events that enliven the story. She becomes friends with a young man from her school, Tristan. His parents are Lord and Lady Mountie-Molehill, who live in a grand mansion. Trudi involves everyone she knows in her cause, including the prime minister. There are some unexpected revelations at the end of the book.
The story is humorous and entertaining. Descriptive writing effectively brings the text to life. An example is when Trudi is inundated with tweets, and the author writes, “As the scary tweets swamp the screen like autumn leaves in a hurricane, the poor kid flips from woolly mammoth to ostrich mode.”
The combination of Trudi’s strong personality and her choosing some clichéd girl things is quite amusing. For example, she regards her desk and chair as grown up and business-like, but they also happen to be dainty and pastel pink.
The pro-Brexit protesters are too heavily stereotyped. The author writes about the men, “First the fatties lumbered towards their ugly vans.” They are also shown to be aggressive, inarticulate, and continually swearing.
This book would appeal to readers who like a strong female protagonist and an entertaining story. There is profanity in the book. I have taken one star off for the point made in the penultimate paragraph. I award this book 4 out of 5 stars.
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Trudi's Triumph
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Trudi's Triumph by Peter Spencer is a novel about a feisty young girl who runs a political campaign. Peter Spencer is a journalist and broadcaster who was a political correspondent for Sky News for two decades.
Trudi is twelve years old and lives with her parents. Her dad is Lord Penislow and used to be prime minister. She has a parrot called Lady Casement and a cat called Fangle. She disagreed with Brexit and wants to run a social media campaign for a return to Europe targeted at young people. Trudi gets help from Miss Mism, her piano teacher and MI6 secret agent. Trudi gets some ideas from Karl Marx’s writings and puts a post on X, ending with the slogan, “EU turn if you know what’s good for you.”
Trudi’s campaign starts a chain of events that enliven the story. She becomes friends with a young man from her school, Tristan. His parents are Lord and Lady Mountie-Molehill, who live in a grand mansion. Trudi involves everyone she knows in her cause, including the prime minister. There are some unexpected revelations at the end of the book.
The story is humorous and entertaining. Descriptive writing effectively brings the text to life. An example is when Trudi is inundated with tweets, and the author writes, “As the scary tweets swamp the screen like autumn leaves in a hurricane, the poor kid flips from woolly mammoth to ostrich mode.”
The combination of Trudi’s strong personality and her choosing some clichéd girl things is quite amusing. For example, she regards her desk and chair as grown up and business-like, but they also happen to be dainty and pastel pink.
The pro-Brexit protesters are too heavily stereotyped. The author writes about the men, “First the fatties lumbered towards their ugly vans.” They are also shown to be aggressive, inarticulate, and continually swearing.
This book would appeal to readers who like a strong female protagonist and an entertaining story. There is profanity in the book. I have taken one star off for the point made in the penultimate paragraph. I award this book 4 out of 5 stars.
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Trudi's Triumph
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon