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A review by skyzinnia
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders
4.0
Firstly, the other reviews were NOT joking about there being some very adult themes in here. Nazis, suicide bombers (mentioned), lots of murder, torture (a couple characters mentioned about their past), terrorism, a vision of a funeral for a newborn baby... All in a kids' book about magic chocolate, lol.
It was a very entertaining story overall. I enjoyed and had a good time reading it. It had all the points I look for in a book I rate well: good character development, interesting plot, silly humor, all that jazz. It was a wild ride, for sure.
The few things I didn't like were:
- The added context in parentheses. Adding context is good and important, but there are more seamless ways of doing it. It sort of broke the immersion for me to read it this way.
- "The man called J." We didn't need this nearly every time he appeared in the book. Which is a lot, by the way.
- We didn't see enough of the kids making their own way. 90% of it was them following the adults and doing what they're told. Where's the good old them getting separated and having to figure things out by themselves? Oz is said to be the genius over and over, but we never actually see that come up in the form of him having to use it, aside from one kind of scene. They are all very shallow in that regard.
It was a very entertaining story overall. I enjoyed and had a good time reading it. It had all the points I look for in a book I rate well: good character development, interesting plot, silly humor, all that jazz. It was a wild ride, for sure.
The few things I didn't like were:
- The added context in parentheses. Adding context is good and important, but there are more seamless ways of doing it. It sort of broke the immersion for me to read it this way.
- "The man called J." We didn't need this nearly every time he appeared in the book. Which is a lot, by the way.
- We didn't see enough of the kids making their own way. 90% of it was them following the adults and doing what they're told. Where's the good old them getting separated and having to figure things out by themselves? Oz is said to be the genius over and over, but we never actually see that come up in the form of him having to use it, aside from one kind of scene. They are all very shallow in that regard.