Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire

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A Waste Of Paper - Rated
I love kids books and I love funny books. I did not love this book in any way at all.
Reading this book through to the end took effort, not because it was particularly slow-paced but just because it was trying so hard to be funny that it was quite simply annoying.
Perhaps I just don't have the right sense of humour for it but personally I would not reccommend this book to anyone.

Funny as anything! Your kids will love this! - Rated
On the recommendation of a friend, I bought this for my nephew's eighth birthday - and I'm happy to say it was the hit of the day, not just amongst the kids but the adults too. Weird doesn't even come close to describing the plot of this book, but basically it involves a gingerbread man with electric muscles, who just happens to be a billionaire (told you it was weird). There are all sorts of funny asides but somehow the author keeps it all in check and produces a satisfying (but highly bonkers) conclusion. In short - buy this book for any kids you know and if you don't have any kids - buy it anyway. You will laugh a lot. Have just ordered the first one for my nephew, (but I will be reading it first, for sure).

Another hit from the master of allegory - Rated
A searing indictment of post-millennial amoralism. Hilarious and terrifying by turns, the ending will bring a tear to the eye and an aneurysm to the pineal gland. I'd like to give it six stars - not amazon ones, real ones...