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Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

embug's review against another edition

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5.0

Haha, delightful. Read it. Forget that it's kid lit and jump in for a funny and heartwarming ride.

alexthepink's review against another edition

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5.0

Astonishingly good. It's a kind of Alice in Wonderland meets the Teletubbies. Heartwarming and funny; brilliantly written middle-grade perfection.

kba76's review against another edition

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4.0

What do you do when your four year old sister is hospitalised and you find yourself in a grotesque world inhabited by your little sister’s toys? Thankfully, it’s not a situation we’re ever going to be in, but eleven year old Fidge does.
Fidge has to solve the mystery of how to rescue the Wimbly Woos from the tyranny of Wed Wabbit, the enormous bunny who has taken control of all around him without thinking about what his subjects need.
I started reading this because it’s on the long list for the Carnegie Awards this year. Reading it aloud to my seven year old initially, there was a real sense of Alice in Wonderland or The Phantom Tollbooth to the book. We’re quickly placed in this bizarre setting and it was good fun to see how Fidge coped with her annoying cousin and the demands placed on her. Though there’s lots to admire about the book, I can’t help but feel readers at the older end of the target audience will be dismissive of the world created and the whole concept.

zoecb's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5

theatlantean's review against another edition

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4.0

This was a solid children's book, and the rhyming is top-notch. Writing poetry with just a few words is hard. Wed Wabbit is great, and it's fun to do the voices with my daughter, although I kept resisting (and occasionally failing) to scream "Thwo him to the floor, centuwion! Wuffley!"
So the big joke that everyone seems to be raving about is from Python, and it does seem like a lot of reviews were penned by Evans' friends in publishing, who gushed all over this, particularly the comedy. Aside from the titular language, I failed to notice any. Perhaps it's just me.
Don't let the overblown praise put you off, though. This is a very enjoyable story.

emjrey's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

s_hay's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a creepy but not scary story of a girl, Fidge, and her cousin, Graham, who end up trapped inside her younger sister's favorite picture book. In the book are Wimblies who look like large colorful trash cans with arms and legs. Each Wimbly has a different characteristic (ie. Pink like to give hugs) and they all speak in rhyme. Unfortunately Wimbly Land has been taken over by another of Fidge's sister's toys, Wed Wabbit. Wed Wabbit is draining Wimbly Land of all color and terrorizing the Wimblies. It is up to Fidge, Graham, and a few others to save Wimbly Land and return home.
Good for ages 8 and up.

antoniaodernein's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

siili's review against another edition

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3.0

Melkein 11 -vuotias Fidge asuu yhdessä äitinsä ja 4 -vuotiaan pikkusisarensa Minnien kanssa. Perheen isä on kuollut kaksi vuotta aiemmin ja Fidge ei ole vieläkään päässyt asian ylitse kunnolla. Minnie rakastaa yli kaiken Wimbley Woo -hahmoista kertovaa kuvakirjaansa sekä Wed Wabbit pehmopupuaan, jota Fidge inhoaa yli kaiken.

Minnie joutuu onnettomuuteen jahdatessaan Fidgen potkaisemaa Wed Wabbittia kadulle. Tämän seurauksena perheen lomamatka peruuntuu ja Fidge kärrätään tämän ärsyttävän, ylineuroottisen ja kaikkia asioita karttavan serkkunsa Grahamin perheen luo mukanaan kaikki ne tavarat, joita Minniellä oli mukana onnettomuuden sattuessa. Tilanteesta ärsyyntyneenä itseään ja Wed Wabbittiä syyttävä Fidge paiskaa kaikki Minnien tavarat Grahamin kodin kellariin juuri kun talon lähellä riehuu ukkosmyrsky. Salaman iskiessä talon lähelle, Fidge huomaa päätyneensä kummalliseen paikkaan, joka kuitenkin tuntuu oudon tutulta. Pian käy ilmi, että hän ja Graham ovat jollain taianomaisella tavalla päätyneet Wimbley Woo -hahmojen satumaailmaan, jossa kaikki ei ole kohdillaan. Fidgen ja Grahamin on ratkaistava Wimbley Woo -maailmaa vaivaa ongelma parin uuden ystävän kanssa ennenkuin on liian myöhäistä. Kuka onkaan ongelman takana?

Perinteistä usko itseesi, jotta voit ratkaista ongelmat -jargonia höystettynä kuvakirjamaailman iloisen pirteillä olioilla ja sitä hallitsevalla uudella diktaattorilla. Tarinana ihan mukiinmenevä, mutta paikoin kirjaa vaivasi ainakin aikuislukijaa lievästi ärsyttävä kaikkien ns. "hyvien" asioiden alleviivaaminen. Tällainen 2,5 tähteä, pyöristetään tällä kertaa kuitekin 3 tähteen.

piperbunny's review against another edition

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4.0

Loved it! Very imaginative. Had elements of Enid Blyton's Book of Brownies, wacky and creativeness. You really have to leave behind your adult brain for this one!