Reviews

Billionaire Boy by David Walliams

red97's review

funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

claremc2002's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

badpunsanduwu's review against another edition

3.0

By no means bad , but i picked this up next after looking at some people rave about this along with "the boy in the dress" and " the midnight gang " , and I get why , it has a little message in it , but the main difference is the other two had fun cast of characters, humor to my taste , wholesome yet weird vibes to them. 

This one on the other hand had nothing to balance the heavy handed delivery of the message, the humor was flat and the jokes that worked were here and there. plus with a smaller focus on characters , they have have to be pretty interesting for me to care , but characters were pretty straightforward and so was the plot. Plus the plot has already been overdone like 7 years ago. 

catcaird's review

3.0

It was a fun book to read with my son.

kayciecorn2011's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

marbrihern's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

mefi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Lovely book. Teaches that money is not the most important thing in life, that you can't buy everything. Smart, funny, hopeful. Just great. Good job, David.

monte_cristo's review

2.0

Billionaire Boy is a decent read. A story about a 12yr old boy, who quickly realizes that money cannot buy you happiness. It has done funny bits, some other jokes are not so funny. The characters are fairly believable, but only the men. All the female characters are very stereotypical, and in some ways, the book is a bit misogynistic.

oldemort's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

caitlin22's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5