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A review by caseykoester39
Panda-Monium by Stuart Gibbs
1.0
While I realize this book is written for kids around 13 years old, I'm still amazed at some of the content included.
A female character exists solely as comic relief, as the narrator takes every chance to fat-shame and belittle the personal appearance of this character. She also happens to be a villain of sorts.
The main character (a 13 year old boy) loses his bathing suit while swimming.
To create a diversion for an already ill-advised plan, one of the characters fires a gun in a zoo while it's open. (page 127)
When I got to the diversion scene, I stopped reading. This book was written in 2017 - plenty recently for the idea of firing weapons in a kids book to be universally acknowledged as unthinkable. Most of the children reading this book have participated in active-shooter drills at their schools. I expect better from a "New York Times Bestselling Author."
A female character exists solely as comic relief, as the narrator takes every chance to fat-shame and belittle the personal appearance of this character. She also happens to be a villain of sorts.
The main character (a 13 year old boy) loses his bathing suit while swimming.
To create a diversion for an already ill-advised plan, one of the characters fires a gun in a zoo while it's open. (page 127)
When I got to the diversion scene, I stopped reading. This book was written in 2017 - plenty recently for the idea of firing weapons in a kids book to be universally acknowledged as unthinkable. Most of the children reading this book have participated in active-shooter drills at their schools. I expect better from a "New York Times Bestselling Author."