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readasadoornail's review against another edition
5.0
I loved it! Norbert is such a sweet guy, so kind and helpful to everyone around him-almost to a fault. I loved his relationship with his mom and the growth that he and his students experienced throughout the story. It also helped that I’m a huge wrestling fan so that was fun to read as well!
thisfoxreads's review against another edition
3.0
This is a book in need of an editor. So very many errors--grammatical, some spelling, odd flow of the words on some of the pages (strange margins). It's very distracting.
It's a cute story though quite implausible (I didn't read the one before it), and some parts of the story just didn't ring true. Even the ending is too pat.
That said, I love that it deals with the world of luchadores as well as school wrestling team style. I think my middle schoolers will enjoy it. I'd even like to read the 1st book in the series.
The book is illustrated, and I'm guessing it was his wife who did the illustrations (the author blurb at the ends says Mr. Morelli is married to the best artist or some such). They are cute, but not the level of what you'd see in most published books for this age.
It all just felt like a self-published book but I guess INtense is an actual, very small, publisher. They need to tighten things up--this has good bones but needed some good hard editing.
It's a cute story though quite implausible (I didn't read the one before it), and some parts of the story just didn't ring true. Even the ending is too pat.
That said, I love that it deals with the world of luchadores as well as school wrestling team style. I think my middle schoolers will enjoy it. I'd even like to read the 1st book in the series.
The book is illustrated, and I'm guessing it was his wife who did the illustrations (the author blurb at the ends says Mr. Morelli is married to the best artist or some such). They are cute, but not the level of what you'd see in most published books for this age.
It all just felt like a self-published book but I guess INtense is an actual, very small, publisher. They need to tighten things up--this has good bones but needed some good hard editing.
avalinahsbooks's review
3.0
Norbert is a real softy, and I mean it in the sweetest way possible - he's a lovely and kind English teacher with a lot of pets, incredible shyness and a few extra pounds of weight. But he's not all soft - he's got a secret tough side, which is that he's actually a pro wrestler at night. He works as one trying to get a dream trip to Greece for his mother, in the true softy fashion (he is ADORABLE.) We follow Norbert through his journey of finding himself and his strength - also friends and respect from his students and workmates. It's a really really adorable story which made me feel all warm inside. It's also got these cute drawings! I read it in an evening and it was definitely worth my time - it made my blue mood go away for sure ❤️
I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook through NetGalley. It has not affected my opinion.
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I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook through NetGalley. It has not affected my opinion.
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