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thebrainlair's review against another edition
1.0
Good thing about this book: It was only 62 pages.
Bad thing about this book: It was 62 pages.
This is one of those books were the author thought of all the things he remembered as being funny when he was kid. Those things depended on the people and places he was at the time. They didn't translate well. It's like watching a sub come into a middle school and try to be funny. You want to save him but all you can do is stare and cringe and hope it will be over soon.
Bad thing about this book: It was 62 pages.
This is one of those books were the author thought of all the things he remembered as being funny when he was kid. Those things depended on the people and places he was at the time. They didn't translate well. It's like watching a sub come into a middle school and try to be funny. You want to save him but all you can do is stare and cringe and hope it will be over soon.
wrentheblurry's review against another edition
4.0
I read this to my 10-year old, and we both agreed on a 4-star rating. It's a very slim novel, though it is the first of a (potential) series. Whether or not you'll like it depends on: a) your tolerance of silly, gross-out humor, b) your tolerance of bizarre, nonsensical plot lines and c) how much you like colorful artwork that features humans with large, round heads and huge eyes. Happily, possibly as a result of being a former tomboy and a current mom of two tween boys (12 and 10), I laughed all the way through, and spent extra time looking at and appreciating the artwork.
The plot involves the boys getting transported to another dimension, and all their trials as they try to get back to Earth. It's weird, it's goofy, it's gross, and the target audience will love it.
The plot involves the boys getting transported to another dimension, and all their trials as they try to get back to Earth. It's weird, it's goofy, it's gross, and the target audience will love it.
kelleemoye's review against another edition
2.0
Wow. What a mixture of craziness. It reminds me of some of the Cartoon Network shows that my husband loves where it jumps all over the place and I just don't get it. Well, this graphic novel is just like that.
There are students who are going to LOVE it! There are snot, butt and curse word jokes- they will eat it up. It is just not my thing.
There are students who are going to LOVE it! There are snot, butt and curse word jokes- they will eat it up. It is just not my thing.
bookgirl4ever's review against another edition
2.0
Pilot and Huxley are beamed up by aliens wanting to enslave them. They end up on another planet and are given a series of "quests" to find they're way back home. Too crude my tastes.
I had South Park voices going through my head while reading.
Elementary School/Middle School
I had South Park voices going through my head while reading.
Elementary School/Middle School
pwbalto's review against another edition
4.0
But if all this sounds tedious and juvenile to you, if a book that forces its characters to move from scene to scene via laser and/or giant instances of some of the gooier anatomical orifices sounds like it's pandering to the lowest common denominator, you should not read this book. Also, it is possible that you are my grandmother. Loved my grandmother, but she did not have one ounce of pretween boy in her, unless you count Hermie Edlund's little brother, who went missing in 1948, right about the time that Grandma was living in that gingerbread house in the middle of the forest.
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/02/pilot-huxley-dan-mcguiness-review.html
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/02/pilot-huxley-dan-mcguiness-review.html
jeremiah042's review against another edition
5.0
Holy super awesome wacky adventure. Lots of crazy fun happens in this short graphic novel, and I loved it.
greenbeanteenqueen's review against another edition
4.0
When you work with tween readers you can never have enough gross out humor and Pilot & Huxley offers up a new comic series with plenty of gross out humor.
The banter between Pilot and Huxley is tween perfect-exactly how tween boys talk! One boy is the calm logical one and the other thinks their entire adventure is so cool so they bicker back and forth at times which adds to the humor. The story is so out there and crazy but tweens won't mind-they'll be laughing along. There's evil aliens, a lost pirate, a grim reaper, shape-shifting girls, giants, laser beams, robots, sloberfinks-everything you could ever want in a comic, it's packed in here.
It has plenty of silly and gross-out moments-my favorite is when the boys are sent on a quest to retrieve a golden nose hair from a sleeping giant and have to trek through snot in order to complete the quest.
The comic is a fast read and reads somewhat like a cartoon you'd see on Cartoon Network, so I think this would be perfect to place into the hands of a reluctant reader. The jokes are smart, the dialogue is witty, and there's plenty of adventure. This one is perfect for tweens. Check out the sneak peek of Pilot & Huxley and be sure to add this to your tween comic order!
The banter between Pilot and Huxley is tween perfect-exactly how tween boys talk! One boy is the calm logical one and the other thinks their entire adventure is so cool so they bicker back and forth at times which adds to the humor. The story is so out there and crazy but tweens won't mind-they'll be laughing along. There's evil aliens, a lost pirate, a grim reaper, shape-shifting girls, giants, laser beams, robots, sloberfinks-everything you could ever want in a comic, it's packed in here.
It has plenty of silly and gross-out moments-my favorite is when the boys are sent on a quest to retrieve a golden nose hair from a sleeping giant and have to trek through snot in order to complete the quest.
The comic is a fast read and reads somewhat like a cartoon you'd see on Cartoon Network, so I think this would be perfect to place into the hands of a reluctant reader. The jokes are smart, the dialogue is witty, and there's plenty of adventure. This one is perfect for tweens. Check out the sneak peek of Pilot & Huxley and be sure to add this to your tween comic order!
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