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A review by lannklein
An Unexpected Thing by Ashling Lindsay
1.0
0 ⭐️
As someone who has been experiencing anxiety from a very young age, I am glad I didn’t read this book when I was younger.
Right off the bat the book ‘others’ Fred by calling him “different”. Heaven forbid a child be scared of things they have never experienced.
Excuse me, but if you saw a giant orb entirely void of color suddenly appear in the sky, you would be scared too. That would be an entirely rational response. When we read some of Fred’s ideas of what the orb could be, they are pretty much realistic hypotheses of what could be going on. Good job, Fred.
Enter Coco, our Mary Sue. She sees the giant orb entirely void of color and because she is so much better than Fred she isn’t scared in the slightest. In fact, she is so ImAgInAtIvE she thinks the orb could be all sorts of nice things stopping just short of suggesting rainbows and unicorns. Aww, isn’t that the sweetest? I bet you Coco is the type to see “FREE CANDY” written on the side of a van and hopes they have Snickers as she runs to greet the driver through the back door.
So let me get this straight. When it comes to a potentially dangerous event we are supposed to err on the side of the girl who thinks the orb could be a giant leaf. Then we are supposed to prove we are positive people by putting ourselves in the direct path of the orb. Then finally, we are supposed to go in to the orb (which looks to enter the multiverse). Are you kidding me? How are these good ideas?
Maybe they should have listened to Fred’s instincts on this one.
I would not recommend this book to anyone.
**Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.**
As someone who has been experiencing anxiety from a very young age, I am glad I didn’t read this book when I was younger.
Right off the bat the book ‘others’ Fred by calling him “different”. Heaven forbid a child be scared of things they have never experienced.
Excuse me, but if you saw a giant orb entirely void of color suddenly appear in the sky, you would be scared too. That would be an entirely rational response. When we read some of Fred’s ideas of what the orb could be, they are pretty much realistic hypotheses of what could be going on. Good job, Fred.
Enter Coco, our Mary Sue. She sees the giant orb entirely void of color and because she is so much better than Fred she isn’t scared in the slightest. In fact, she is so ImAgInAtIvE she thinks the orb could be all sorts of nice things stopping just short of suggesting rainbows and unicorns. Aww, isn’t that the sweetest? I bet you Coco is the type to see “FREE CANDY” written on the side of a van and hopes they have Snickers as she runs to greet the driver through the back door.
So let me get this straight. When it comes to a potentially dangerous event we are supposed to err on the side of the girl who thinks the orb could be a giant leaf. Then we are supposed to prove we are positive people by putting ourselves in the direct path of the orb. Then finally, we are supposed to go in to the orb (which looks to enter the multiverse). Are you kidding me? How are these good ideas?
Maybe they should have listened to Fred’s instincts on this one.
I would not recommend this book to anyone.
**Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.**