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A review by pavi_fictionalworm
Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up The Moon by Richard Roberts
4.0
You can also find this review onFor The Love of Fictional Worlds
Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars
When I received the request of participating in this blog tour, I was quite excited! I mean, for a girl like me who almost certainly failed high school science subjects (I still think my grades were a mistake!), being a nerd who loves gadgets and all things science fiction is the very definition of irony here! :P
There were two things that made say yes to this blog tour and review!
1. The title. Enough said.
2. I am like a superhero/supervillain groupie. (I am weird like that!)
This is the sequel to “Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m A SuperVillain” (the review of which can be found on GoodReads here) and continues on the adventures Bad Penny has with her friends.
Just to clarify, I loved the first book. I did. Though touted as a middle grade novel, it was interesting enough to capture my attention. And I expected nothing less from this sequel as well.
Yet I was a little disappointed. Don’t get me wrong. The gang and their antics, were adorable and hilarious not to mention quit un-villainous like. Yet there was something missing. It’s hard to pin point exactly what may have irritated me in this book, especially when it had everything a nerdy geeky like me loves.
I loved Penny and her friends, Clair and Ray in the first book. They were so awesomely cool (groupie-ness coming out here now! :P) and quite mature for a middle – grade heroes/villains. The book was fast paced and amazingly innovative in the gang’s villainous attempts to be good!
Now in the sequel we have Penny and her gang (the Agency) who tried to be villainous yet they seemed to be missing for most part of the book. And should have been an amazing confrontational relationship between Penny and Remmy, turned to be less than stellar and the complex conflict filled relationship that could have been, just fizzled out without heat. Yes, I agree they are both middle grade protagonists, yet the character developments could have been much better! Also, I saw less of Claire and Ray, and that just didn’t stick right by me!
That being said, Mr. Roberts has created a world that is unlike I have seen in a long while. His writing is fun and wonderfully imaginative. This book had amazingly “cool” action sequences and gadgets in that, of course made me envious and wonder why couldn’t have I been born to superhero parents as well!
And just for the record. Yes Penny Goes To Space. And Yes Penny Blows Up A Moon (And no, it is not a spoiler! It’s in the title :D)
Now I am definitely looking forward to the next instalment in the series, where I can see Penny be the intelligent and amazing super-villain that she can be and more of her adventures.
Throughout the book I was oscillating between 5 stars and 3 stars but I am ending up giving it 3.5 stars as this sequel fizzled out for me, where it mattered!
I would recommend this book for anybody who loves a good adventure, with a plucky villain to be, and her amazing collection of gadgets.
Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars
When I received the request of participating in this blog tour, I was quite excited! I mean, for a girl like me who almost certainly failed high school science subjects (I still think my grades were a mistake!), being a nerd who loves gadgets and all things science fiction is the very definition of irony here! :P
There were two things that made say yes to this blog tour and review!
1. The title. Enough said.
2. I am like a superhero/supervillain groupie. (I am weird like that!)
This is the sequel to “Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m A SuperVillain” (the review of which can be found on GoodReads here) and continues on the adventures Bad Penny has with her friends.
Just to clarify, I loved the first book. I did. Though touted as a middle grade novel, it was interesting enough to capture my attention. And I expected nothing less from this sequel as well.
Yet I was a little disappointed. Don’t get me wrong. The gang and their antics, were adorable and hilarious not to mention quit un-villainous like. Yet there was something missing. It’s hard to pin point exactly what may have irritated me in this book, especially when it had everything a nerdy geeky like me loves.
I loved Penny and her friends, Clair and Ray in the first book. They were so awesomely cool (groupie-ness coming out here now! :P) and quite mature for a middle – grade heroes/villains. The book was fast paced and amazingly innovative in the gang’s villainous attempts to be good!
Now in the sequel we have Penny and her gang (the Agency) who tried to be villainous yet they seemed to be missing for most part of the book. And should have been an amazing confrontational relationship between Penny and Remmy, turned to be less than stellar and the complex conflict filled relationship that could have been, just fizzled out without heat. Yes, I agree they are both middle grade protagonists, yet the character developments could have been much better! Also, I saw less of Claire and Ray, and that just didn’t stick right by me!
That being said, Mr. Roberts has created a world that is unlike I have seen in a long while. His writing is fun and wonderfully imaginative. This book had amazingly “cool” action sequences and gadgets in that, of course made me envious and wonder why couldn’t have I been born to superhero parents as well!
And just for the record. Yes Penny Goes To Space. And Yes Penny Blows Up A Moon (And no, it is not a spoiler! It’s in the title :D)
Now I am definitely looking forward to the next instalment in the series, where I can see Penny be the intelligent and amazing super-villain that she can be and more of her adventures.
Throughout the book I was oscillating between 5 stars and 3 stars but I am ending up giving it 3.5 stars as this sequel fizzled out for me, where it mattered!
I would recommend this book for anybody who loves a good adventure, with a plucky villain to be, and her amazing collection of gadgets.