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A review by adrianasturalvarez
For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
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.