A review by dfroom
Slugs by Victoria Chess, David T. Greenberg

1.0

I found this on a shelf and had never seen it, so decided to read it. Maybe I’m being too serious or sensitive to this book, but I couldn’t even finish it. It’s basically a book that has a few things of what you could do with a slug if you wanted to. Some were harmless, like taking it for a walk. But then you get into things such as carving one like a pumpkin, sizzling them on light bulbs, and popping them in the microwave?! I don’t care for slugs, but who writes this stuff and would want a child to read it? I understand it’s supposed to be funny...but there’s kids out there that would read it and think to try all these things. Yuck. Definitely avoiding this book forever.

So, I ended up reading the end...and it does slightly justify the story for what happened to the slugs...but it’s still awful.