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wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition
3.0
As before this book features three daft adventures that Joe and the rest embark on. However, the plot’s not important, but the silliness and the fun characters. Each character has their own voice and they all bounce off each other very effectively. Thankfully, they subject of the parody has changed from the first book giving some fresh spoofs of Harry Potter, Narnia and The Great British Bake-Off amongst others. Plot-wise, I would say that this is a weaker book than the first. However, my son enjoyed it immensely as well as the brilliant illustrations by Chris Riddel.
pudmuddy's review
4.0
Reminiscing over my childhood with this book. Fantastic and I would recommend for any kid!
keirashepherd's review
3.0
This book is not as good as the first one, and is a little strange at the start, but once you get into it it becomes much much better!
It’s a bit of a strange book as I feel like it has elements from other books; plot lines and characters that are incorporated into the story. There’s a bit of Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, His Dark Materials, The Chronicles of Narnia and they pinch Edward from twilight, and put him in- obviously he’s not the same, but he’s similar- which is slightly odd at the beginning but it gets very good, so it’s okay.
Overall, I really enjoyed it and it was a really good, another comfort read that was really lovely and that I enjoyed a lot.
It’s a bit of a strange book as I feel like it has elements from other books; plot lines and characters that are incorporated into the story. There’s a bit of Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, His Dark Materials, The Chronicles of Narnia and they pinch Edward from twilight, and put him in- obviously he’s not the same, but he’s similar- which is slightly odd at the beginning but it gets very good, so it’s okay.
Overall, I really enjoyed it and it was a really good, another comfort read that was really lovely and that I enjoyed a lot.
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