Weird
Jeremy Strong
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the opening chapters: notice whose point of view drives the humour, and whether the older residents get to speak for themselves.
- Themes
- Teenagers' first impressions: Josh considers Fizz dentally challenged and fluent in gibberish, while Fizz sees Josh as exceptionally handsome. Their contrasting views are set up as comic, but the outline does not establish how the story treats either character's judgement.
- Older residents and the escape: The older residents are linked to a possible great escape using tablespoons. The premise is framed as part of a comic, eccentric story, but the residents' agency and the episode's outcome are not established.
- Worth knowing
- The setting involves older people living in a care home, and the plot mentions a possible escape. The tone and consequences of that episode are not clear.