A review by jodi_kryer
The Spy Who Raised Me by Ted Anderson

2.0

I don't even know where to begin. The story is literally about the girl's mom being a secret agent for a Coca Colaesque company. The reason that Coca Cola is evil is because they're putting chemicals in their soda to control people(???) and the mother has turned her child into an unwilling spy. I realize that the Coca Cola company thing was an allegory about rich people and capitalism (most likely for children), but I wasn't having it. The second thing I'd like to talk about is the art style. It is so inconsistent and wonky, this style would have been better if it were a short animated film. Lastly, the dialogue fell flat every time. There was no emotion in this book. I really hate ripping things apart like this, but this book just made me so angry.