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Title: A House Called Awful End: Book One in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy by Philip Ardagh, David Roberts ISBN: 0-8050-6828-7 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Imitation the sincerest form of flattery...or so it seems...
Comment: Let me first say, that as I read Mr. Ardagh's work, I couldn't help but think that he was the British version of Lemony Snicket-similar topic and writing style, complete with asides explaining the origins of certain words and phrases.
Even the pencil illustrations by David Roberts look like the drawings in the Snicket book.
Not that this is necessarily a bad thing.
In the preface of A House Called Awful End it is explained that the story came about as a series of letters written to cheer up Mr. Ardagh's nephew Ben while away at boarding school.
Eddie Dickens, 11 years old, has a mom and dad with a strange illness that makes them go yellow and all crinkly around the edges and smell like hot water bottles. Until they are well, he is sent to live with his mad uncle Jack and mad Aunt Maud (who, by chance, carries around a stuffed stoat). Eddie travels to an inn where Uncle Jack pays the people w/ dried fish, meets some traveling theatre people and eventually ends up being sent to an orphanage, which he leads in liberation.
This book is rather an enjoyable read. Fans of Lemony Snicket will love it
Rating: 5
Summary: What a Hoot!
Comment: This book is great! I read it and laughed so much that my 15 year old wanted to know what was going on. When I had finished she read it and I had to listen to her laughing across the hall. I would definitely recommend this book! I don't know what all the fuss is about. If it has a similar style to something else, so what! Haven't there been about a thousand different tellings of the three pigs story? All that matters is that it was wickedly witty, off-beat, and a little screwball.
What more could you want in a book. Eddie is a great character and shows loyalty and respect to his family. A great read.
Rating: 5
Summary: "AWFULLY FUNNY!"
Comment: Firstly,lets cut through all the treacle....if this book suffers from one thing,it's the comparrisons,that not only the book jacket gives,but most ill-read reviewers. Comparrisons to Monty Python (because it's British,and eccentric in spots ),Lemony Snickett ( because it's bad things happening to a child antagonist ),and Charles Dickens ( because of the name ). Well folks,Roald Dahl was doing stories about bad things happening to children long before Lemony Snickett or Monty Python,and Charles Dickens was doing stories about bad things happening to Victorian children before him. So Who Sues Who?
( A question which here means: "Stop crying wolf.")
HISTORY LESSON OVER....REVIEW BEGINS HERE:
This is a fun little book. It's silly. It's definitely written more for children than the adventures of the Baudelaire Children. It's also quite British in it's humours,but that by no means,means Americans and other foreigners won't enjoy it and laugh along. Young Eddie Dickens is sent to live with his Loony Aunt & Uncle and a stuffed stoat,at Awful End. And this book is the tale of what happens when they encounter Insane Actors,Highwaymen,The Empress of China,A Nosey Peeler(or "copper" to you. ),A Suspect Orphanage,and an Amusing Cow Shaped Parade Float. This is a good read for children,and fun for those adults who aren't too grown up. I also enjoyed the artwork,which has that "Willy Wonka"/"Edward Gorey" appeal to it.
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Title: Dreadful Acts: Book Two in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy by Philip Ardagh, David Roberts ISBN: 0805071555 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Terrible Times (Eddie Dickens, Book 3) by Philip Ardagh, David Roberts ISBN: 0805071563 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi ISBN: 0689859368 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist ISBN: 0064410137 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3) by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black ISBN: 0689859384 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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