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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “i loved this book. the beginning starts off slow, but it only gets better. really. i loved it, my sister loved it, and my mom liked it....i think.......but i really liked it. out of 100, i would give it a 99.9!!! pretty awesome huh?” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Almost exactly the same story as the Jasper Fford Nursery Crime book.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Ben Elton meets Terry Pratchett. A young lad goes to The City to seek his fortune, but it turns out that the city is toyland complete with talking toys and nursery rhyme characters. It's as funny as.”
Outside of a dog wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Pete P wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Big Jack Black
Bick Jack Black lived in a sack
Lived in a sack did he
Dines upon cripples
and little boy's nipples
upon toast for his tea
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“witty, fast-paced, and darkly funny. a clever twist on all the childhood favorites. a fast read.”
erika m wrote this review Monday, September 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Almost exactly the same story as the Jasper Fford Nursery Crime book.”
Bookrescueruk wrote this review Sunday, September 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“ This is Gut-Busting Funny!”
carjug B wrote this review Tuesday, September 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Cora R said: 2 1/2 stars
Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Tuesday, September 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Jack decides to leave his small factory town and go to the city to make his fortune. The city he ends up at is Toy City where toys are alive and nursery rhyme characters are real. Jack meets Eddie Bear, a live teddy bear, and agrees to help him investigate the murder of Humpty Dumpty, one of the city's citizens that made his fortune with his nursery rhyme. Soon more of the city's old rich nursery rhyme characters start to die in gruesome ways and Eddie and Jack realize that they have a serial killer on their hands.
The story was OK, Jack annoyed me but I liked Eddie's character. How can you not like a teddy bear that sits on his head at a bar so the alcohol will stay in his head instead of settling into his legs? I appreciated the humor at the beginning of the story, but the recurring jokes began to get old very quickly. The more I got into the story, the harder it was for me to stay interested in what was happening. I preferred Jasper Fforde's The Big Over Easy to this novel if you are looking for a nursery rhyme murder mystery book.
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“Jack decides to leave his small factory town and go to the city to make his fortune. The city he ends up at is Toy City where toys are alive and nursery rhyme characters are real. Jack meets Eddie Bear, a live teddy bear, and agrees to help him investigate the murder of Humpty Dumpty, one of the city's citizens that made his fortune with his nursery rhyme. Soon more of the city's old rich nursery rhyme characters start to die in gruesome ways and Eddie and Jack realize that they have a serial killer on their hands.
Cora R wrote this review Monday, August 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The story was OK, Jack annoyed me but I liked Eddie's character. How can you not like a teddy bear that sits on his head at a bar so the alcohol will stay in his head instead of settling into his legs? I appreciated the humor at the beginning of the story, but the recurring jokes began to get old very quickly. The more I got into the story, the harder it was for me to stay interested in what was happening. I preferred Jasper Fforde's The Big Over Easy to this novel if you are looking for a nursery rhyme murder mystery book.”1 of 1 members found this review helpful“i loved this book. the beginning starts off slow, but it only gets better. really. i loved it, my sister loved it, and my mom liked it....i think.......but i really liked it. out of 100, i would give it a 99.9!!! pretty awesome huh?”
Christina C wrote this review Wednesday, August 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The dark side of nursery rhymes would be an excellent way to describe this book.”
Heather B wrote this review Saturday, August 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I have never laughed so hard in my entire life! This was priceless - nursery rhyme characters and living breathing toys... A murder mystery, sex, drugs and rock 'n roll...
ilerya82 wrote this review Wednesday, July 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This book has sold me on Robert Rankin - and to think that it was in the sale bin at the local Chapters for $3.99! I think I got the best bargain - the enjoyment that I have gotten from reading it!”
