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theartolater's review
4.0
I'm a big booster of Captain Underpants for a lot of reasons - it's potty humor, which I love. It's smarter than it looks, which I appreciate. It's great for reluctant boy readers, which is so important. And it irritates a lot of adults, which is just icing on the cake.
The Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers is the beginning of the end of the series. The book has been in the works for perhaps 5 years now, and while the book has the feeling of the return of an old friend, the reality is that the book feels like it was more of a "well, I guess we have to do this" attempt than anything else. It tries a few new things to shake it up, but it just felt...different. It was still rock solid, mind you, but something seemed a little off.
With the final book in the series landing this January, it will be interesting to see where it ends off and whether this book was more of a setup. Still, it's worth reading to see where this series is going and where things look like they're going to end.
The Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers is the beginning of the end of the series. The book has been in the works for perhaps 5 years now, and while the book has the feeling of the return of an old friend, the reality is that the book feels like it was more of a "well, I guess we have to do this" attempt than anything else. It tries a few new things to shake it up, but it just felt...different. It was still rock solid, mind you, but something seemed a little off.
With the final book in the series landing this January, it will be interesting to see where it ends off and whether this book was more of a setup. Still, it's worth reading to see where this series is going and where things look like they're going to end.
lilith_hmr's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
A Middle School book I read in High School.
Not much of a captivating book, mainly for people who want to have a fast-paced, fun and lighthearted read
Not much of a captivating book, mainly for people who want to have a fast-paced, fun and lighthearted read
williamsdebbied's review
5.0
Captain Underpants, book #9.
Thanks to a time machine built by Tippy Tinkletrousers (aka Professor Poopypants), we travel back in time to before Harold and George met and discover how they became friends, and, well, see the end of the world. It's the last book...until the last book comes out!
Another silly, smarter-than-it-seems installment in the hilarious Captain Underpants series. Highly recommended to kids of all ages.
Thanks to a time machine built by Tippy Tinkletrousers (aka Professor Poopypants), we travel back in time to before Harold and George met and discover how they became friends, and, well, see the end of the world. It's the last book...until the last book comes out!
Another silly, smarter-than-it-seems installment in the hilarious Captain Underpants series. Highly recommended to kids of all ages.
dark_reader's review
This is my favourite book of the Captain Underpants series, and also the longest, with the longest chapters, which makes bedtime reading more involved. You can't isolate any of the Captain Underpants books because they draw so much on past events going back to book 1, and this one sets of events that cascade into the next several books. Really, the prior book with the Purple Potty people started it all, but even that depends on the time machine incident from the book before that... it just never ends, and in truth this whole series is a plotting triumph for Pilkey.
In this volume, we go back to when George and Harold first met in kindergarten, and joined forces in friendship and to oppose the school bully. The bullying in this book causes me discomfort every time I read it. I have only a minor history of bullying but have always been fearful of it, and seeing small children being picked up and physically assaulted here triggers me to some degree. The fact that the adults in the story support the bullying makes it all too realistic and terrifying.
But man oh man, do George and Harold ever pull one over the bullies! A complicated scheme unfolds and is made more insane by random events. I loved the thunderstorm/blackout, so intense! Prior to that, the hot pepper pizza scene was golden.
This is all besides the actual terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, which despite the book title merely bookends the real story.
Look, I don't care if you are a childless adult, this is some well-plotted and FUNNY sh*t. It's not for no reason that this entire series perennially makes it onto the lists of most-challenged books.
In this volume, we go back to when George and Harold first met in kindergarten, and joined forces in friendship and to oppose the school bully. The bullying in this book causes me discomfort every time I read it. I have only a minor history of bullying but have always been fearful of it, and seeing small children being picked up and physically assaulted here triggers me to some degree. The fact that the adults in the story support the bullying makes it all too realistic and terrifying.
But man oh man, do George and Harold ever pull one over the bullies! A complicated scheme unfolds and is made more insane by random events. I loved the thunderstorm/blackout, so intense! Prior to that, the hot pepper pizza scene was golden.
This is all besides the actual terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, which despite the book title merely bookends the real story.
Look, I don't care if you are a childless adult, this is some well-plotted and FUNNY sh*t. It's not for no reason that this entire series perennially makes it onto the lists of most-challenged books.
bookishlybouv's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
I never thought that I would read this book, but dang, I guess I did.
I honestly kinda enjoyed this? There were parts that I found funny (mostly social commentary that I wasn’t expecting) and this went a lot better than the time I tried to read another of Garett’s favourite books, The Day My Butt Went Psycho.
A quick and surprisingly fun read!
I honestly kinda enjoyed this? There were parts that I found funny (mostly social commentary that I wasn’t expecting) and this went a lot better than the time I tried to read another of Garett’s favourite books, The Day My Butt Went Psycho.
A quick and surprisingly fun read!
gentryatkinson's review
3.0
What a fun, perfectly inappropriate book series for school aged children. I enjoyed it.
kingjason's review
5.0
A fantastic story for kids. My daughter loved this, featuring comics and flip-pages where you rip the page back and forth really fast for the fight scenes.
The story itself is pretty funny and explains the risks of time travel using banana pies.
Great title too. hehe
The story itself is pretty funny and explains the risks of time travel using banana pies.
Great title too. hehe
ssindc's review
4.0
Tra-la-laaaaaaaaaaaa! Captain Underpants returns, and he's bigger than ever, with this oh-so-epic installment cracking the 300-page threshold! (My heart sang when I saw it on the shelf at the store - my boys cackled with glee when I brought it home. Even my wife smiled, somewhat begrudgingly....) And, never fear, Pilkey Brand flip-o-rama action - also found in Ricky Rocatta's Giant Robot - returns, which, of course, as George and Harold warn, is intended "for those of us who aren't very mature" because they contain "scenes on intense brutality" (but not really).... It's especially worth slogging through all 300 pages of potty humor and sublime silliness, just for the brilliant, tightly edited, and memorable Chapter 33 - simply awesome! If you don't have kids, or if you somehow missed out on the first eight "novels" in Dav Pilkey's exquisite Captain Underpants series, which, of course, includes the oh-so-sophisticated Super Diaper Baby sagas, don't start with this book - you've got to begin at the beginning.... If the idea of phonetic mis-spelling offends you, DO NOT EMBARK on this journey! But, if you have kids (particularly boys) under the age of 16 (and, particularly, 10 and younger), I can't recommend this series highly enough. Personally, I can't wait for the tenth book.... Until then: tra-la-laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa>.....
and ... finally ... the animated movie is coming ... June 2017 ... can't wait
and ... finally ... the animated movie is coming ... June 2017 ... can't wait
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