Jennifer's review
The Boy Detective Fails (Punk Planet Books)
by Joe Meno
Jennifer's review
The Boy Detective Fails (Punk Planet Books) by Joe Meno
Jennifer's review
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This was SUCH a strange book, but I really liked it a lot. As I read, I kept thinking of other cool books & movies. It seemed like one part 'A Series of Unfortunate Events,' one part 'The Incredibles,' one part 'Hardy Boys,' and one part activity book.
The book is based on a very dark premise: the main character (the former boy detective) attempts suicide & is institutionalized after his sister kills herself; when he is finally released to a halfway home he decides to uncover the reason that she killed herself. He tries to make a normal, grown-up life for himself, but he also encounters a lot of things from his former life as the boy detective-- mysterious messages and events, surreal plots against him, and villians from his old cases.
It was an enjoyable read, and there was the added attraction of puzzles. There was a decoder ring on the back cover, and puzzles at the bottom of most pages. Lots of fun
The book is based on a very dark premise: the main character (the former boy detective) attempts suicide & is institutionalized after his sister kills herself; when he is finally released to a halfway home he decides to uncover the reason that she killed herself. He tries to make a normal, grown-up life for himself, but he also encounters a lot of things from his former life as the boy detective-- mysterious messages and events, surreal plots against him, and villians from his old cases.
It was an enjoyable read, and there was the added attraction of puzzles. There was a decoder ring on the back cover, and puzzles at the bottom of most pages. Lots of fun
