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A review by orangerful
Moone Boy: The Blunder Years by Nick V. Murphy, Chris O'Dowd
3.0
If you are interested in this book, GET THE AUDIOBOOK. There is no way I would have enjoyed it as much if it had not been audio. The narration by Chris O'Dowd and Nick Murphy was spot on.
The story was very cute but I would definitely say this is more tween/teen fiction rather than for kids. The main character is 12, but most of the humor comes from O'Dowd's character, the imaginary friend, and so it can be a little more on the mature side?
If you've seen the show, you know that it is set in 1980s Ireland and this has other problems for modern kid readers. There are footnotes explaining some 80s references BUT some of those are jokes so I'm not sure if anyone under 14 would really get them (or bother to Google them).
This is an odd book and I'm not sure who I would give it to. It is designed to look like a Wimpy Kid read-alike but it is probably not appropriate for that young of an audience. Between Martin's pseudo-swearing ("Flippin'!" "Bugger!") and a subplot involving feeling up a girl's boobs, this book is definitely a better pick for a tween/teen than kid. And it needs to be a kid who likes British comedy. And the 80s.
The story was very cute but I would definitely say this is more tween/teen fiction rather than for kids. The main character is 12, but most of the humor comes from O'Dowd's character, the imaginary friend, and so it can be a little more on the mature side?
If you've seen the show, you know that it is set in 1980s Ireland and this has other problems for modern kid readers. There are footnotes explaining some 80s references BUT some of those are jokes so I'm not sure if anyone under 14 would really get them (or bother to Google them).
This is an odd book and I'm not sure who I would give it to. It is designed to look like a Wimpy Kid read-alike but it is probably not appropriate for that young of an audience. Between Martin's pseudo-swearing ("Flippin'!" "Bugger!") and a subplot involving feeling up a girl's boobs, this book is definitely a better pick for a tween/teen than kid. And it needs to be a kid who likes British comedy. And the 80s.