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Review title: Take the author's advice on the back of the book.
Product review: I can't imagine what other reviewers found in this book to grant it more than a single star. They must have severely low expectations for their children's literature. The only thing going for this book is the running gag from the author about how terrible the books are and how depressed he is at having to write them. Some might argue that this book is morbidly funny, even slightly camp - and that they enjoy being in on the author's inside joke. However, I found the characters unrelentingly stupid or cruel, and the story unimaginative. Even the children, the alleged heroes of the story, are dunderheads. And the "joke" of the author's morbidity wears thin all too quickly.Do yourself a favor and follow the author's advice (humorous as it is) and truly avoid this book. There are many imaginative, well written books for children that handle dark themes well, and are a joy to read. This isn't one of them.
