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kricketa's review
3.0
an odd little book that i found while weeding the collection and took home because i felt sorry for it. seth parrot lives with bizarre parents and handsome younger brother in a house partially built with dung. his father and the local inspector constantly argue about the propriety of the house. meanwhile, seth falls in love with the inspector's daughter, who has the big muscles he has always dreamed of. seth comes off as a very young 14 so i might actually recommend this to middle school students over teen, but it was a quick, amusing read.
carlynarr's review
5.0
This is the best book I have read in years. I stayed up an hour and a half past my usual bedtime to finish this book (can we not talk about how much of a loser I am? Thanks).
I had pretty much resigned myself to the thought that no book I was ever going to read could even approach the awesomeness level of Whales on Stilts! I stand corrected. This book is AMAZING. The protagonist is so bizarre! There's a female bodybuilder named Opal Honey! Family bonding involves peeing on the backyard lemon tree!
Any blahblahblah raving I write about this book will probably just be wasted, but SERIOUSLY IT'S SO FRICKING GOOD. A friend of mine edited it, and (wow, I hope Erin doesn't have goodreads) I honestly didn't expect it to be very good. Not because of him, because he's pretty brilliant, but because I had some preconceived notion that every YA book on the Front Street imprint was probably kind of a wash. I was so wrong. I WAS SO WRONG. OH MY GOSH PLEASE READ THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY. I want to take to the streets and tell people how funny and fantastic it is. READ IT READ IT READ IT. It is worth the entire hardcover price. Read it even if you are busy. You will NOT regret it.
I had pretty much resigned myself to the thought that no book I was ever going to read could even approach the awesomeness level of Whales on Stilts! I stand corrected. This book is AMAZING. The protagonist is so bizarre! There's a female bodybuilder named Opal Honey! Family bonding involves peeing on the backyard lemon tree!
Any blahblahblah raving I write about this book will probably just be wasted, but SERIOUSLY IT'S SO FRICKING GOOD. A friend of mine edited it, and (wow, I hope Erin doesn't have goodreads) I honestly didn't expect it to be very good. Not because of him, because he's pretty brilliant, but because I had some preconceived notion that every YA book on the Front Street imprint was probably kind of a wash. I was so wrong. I WAS SO WRONG. OH MY GOSH PLEASE READ THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY. I want to take to the streets and tell people how funny and fantastic it is. READ IT READ IT READ IT. It is worth the entire hardcover price. Read it even if you are busy. You will NOT regret it.
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