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amadams's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
moormaan's review against another edition
5.0
Very cool! It manages to talk about difficult real-life situations and still be positive and genuinely funny. It's wacky and has slang and conversational spelling, so if your kid being exposed to that sort of thing makes you nervous, you should skip this series. My 6.5yo was drawn into reading it himself with my help and progressed a lot in his level with this comic book. We loughed our asses off at some puns and jokes and I really enjoyed explaining to him the humour of some situations that were beyond his immediate grasp. Highly recommended if this sort of thing sounds like your cup of tea.
monerl's review against another edition
5.0
Der beste Band der Serie! Sehr lustig und mit feiner Moral, die Kindern großen Spaß macht!
adrianasturalvarez's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know how Pilkey does it. There were moments during storytime when I thought for sure the jokes and storylines were aimed too often at parents and not at the younger listener but my 5 year old LOVED this. I did, too. There were moments we had to stop reading because we were both laughing so hard and the literary references are clever and humble.
Child's favorite part was the introduction of a new moth/butterfly character and he said he really liked the cupcake eating that went on in this book. He happens to be a cupcake eating advocate so this book aligned strongly with his politics.
Personally, I liked the Hemingway references and the meta-gag about the newness of the evil villain but my favorite arc in this whole series has to be the relationship between Petey and his younger cloned self going through the pangs of redemption from the pessimism of a criminal's worldview.
Child's favorite part was the introduction of a new moth/butterfly character and he said he really liked the cupcake eating that went on in this book. He happens to be a cupcake eating advocate so this book aligned strongly with his politics.
Personally, I liked the Hemingway references and the meta-gag about the newness of the evil villain but my favorite arc in this whole series has to be the relationship between Petey and his younger cloned self going through the pangs of redemption from the pessimism of a criminal's worldview.
ricksilva's review against another edition
5.0
Petey is released from Cat Jail, but will he be able to be the father that Li'l Petey wants him to be? When Petey's own father suddenly comes back into the picture, Petey must face his own abandonment issues, even as he finds himself part of a very nontraditional extended family with his son, Dog Man, and 80-HD.
Meanwhile, Dog Man gets some well-intentioned Pavlovian behavior modification to cure him of his obsession with chasing balls, but when a (not) new villain unleashes a horde of ball-shaped robots, Dog Man's greatest weakness becomes, well, his greatest weakness. Just in an even worse way.
Dav Pilkey drops Ernest Hemingway and Eric Carle references, confronts the reality of toxic family relationships, and expands the character development of a bunch of returning cast members.
This was a fun step forward that brought some new ideas and kept the same impressive joke-density of the previous books in this series.
Meanwhile, Dog Man gets some well-intentioned Pavlovian behavior modification to cure him of his obsession with chasing balls, but when a (not) new villain unleashes a horde of ball-shaped robots, Dog Man's greatest weakness becomes, well, his greatest weakness. Just in an even worse way.
Dav Pilkey drops Ernest Hemingway and Eric Carle references, confronts the reality of toxic family relationships, and expands the character development of a bunch of returning cast members.
This was a fun step forward that brought some new ideas and kept the same impressive joke-density of the previous books in this series.
charlietheninth's review against another edition
5.0
This Dog Man made me cry and I’m only kind of ashamed to admit that.
rwims's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Dogman returns to fight more bad guys with a little help from petey, little petey, 80-hd, commander cupcake. We also see grandpa and Dr scum.
bibliophyle's review against another edition
5.0
I had a friends little girl give this to me after I told her I loved Captain Underpants when I was her age. One thing is for sure, Dav Pilkey has still got it. Cute, funny, memorable and poignant make the Dogman books a must-read for anyone with kiddos.