fllnang3l's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
butcept's review
2.0
This book was recommended by my 10 year old. I don't ever turn down a recommendation from her.
This was a very cute book comprised of short stories. The stories are similar to plots out of The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock only _nicer_.
One spoiler example: Predators was about a young boy who surfed the net. His mother warned him of talking to 'predators' on-line. He was sure he knew how to tell the difference.
He befriends an on-line friend that is clear to the reader could be a risky "friend". Although the boy does not tell him where he lives, he does give information about points of interest that reveal to the "friend" where he lives. The "friend" takes advantage of it and asks to meet him in real life. The boy agrees. And when they meet...the "friend" tells him "i am not really 12 years old..." and the reader now knows, the "friend" is really a predator. But the little boy turns to the predator and says "i am...12 centuries!" and turns into a vampire and attacks the predator. Loved it!
But the coolest part was having conversations about the stories with CJ. Every morning she would come in to see where I was in the book and we would talk about what I read and what my favorite part was.
This was a very cute book comprised of short stories. The stories are similar to plots out of The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock only _nicer_.
One spoiler example: Predators was about a young boy who surfed the net. His mother warned him of talking to 'predators' on-line. He was sure he knew how to tell the difference.
He befriends an on-line friend that is clear to the reader could be a risky "friend". Although the boy does not tell him where he lives, he does give information about points of interest that reveal to the "friend" where he lives. The "friend" takes advantage of it and asks to meet him in real life. The boy agrees. And when they meet...the "friend" tells him "i am not really 12 years old..." and the reader now knows, the "friend" is really a predator. But the little boy turns to the predator and says "i am...12 centuries!" and turns into a vampire and attacks the predator. Loved it!
But the coolest part was having conversations about the stories with CJ. Every morning she would come in to see where I was in the book and we would talk about what I read and what my favorite part was.
jrandazzo's review
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
martialia's review
1.0
This book jumped out at us last weekend at the bookstore. It looked right up Griffin's alley and the author is award winning, plus there is a handful of these books...something we love to find usually. Nope, bomb. I read a few of the stories to Grif that night. The first one he thought was ok (better than I gave it). We kept going...after all sometimes an almost 11 year old boy has different things he enjoys in a book than his Mama...but it got worse. After a few stories we both gave up....should have picked up another Dahl. They are not creepy to our sense, nor is the writing at all engaging.
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