Reviews

Dillweed's Revenge: A Deadly Dose of Magic by Florence Parry Heide

jaelikes's review

3.0

naturally i'm deeply in love with carson ellis' aesthetic and my inner weirdo is gleeful about darker themes in a picture book. horrible, neglectful parents are a major trope in children's lit already. i'm a little ruffled by the all white cast and the "fat, ugly, classless villain with a unibrow" thing.

chachacenteno's review

4.0

A picture book an adult would love.

ahjmills's review

4.0

Really quirky little story. Limited text but fabulous artwork. How childrens books should be.

indiaswanderings's review

3.0

Is this truly a children's picture book? I would argue not. Dillweed lives an unfortunate life. Absent parents, and horrid "guardians." His lizard-dog (I guess) Skorped is his closest (read only) friend.

A lot of odd choices were made in the creation of this book, but the illustrations are golden (unsurprisingly).

ellieohhh's review

3.0

I enjoy a dark kids story, but this one was maybe a bit too dark. It’s definitely not safe enough for the school book drive.

ahjmills's review against another edition

4.0

Really quirky little story. Limited text but fabulous artwork. How childrens books should be.

booksandbosox's review against another edition

2.0

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