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A cracking series that looks set to fill any Snicket-shaped holes in readers' appetites (Bookseller )
Brilliant fun (Flipside )
Wierd and wonderful (Kraze Club ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Brilliant fun (Flipside )
Wierd and wonderful (Kraze Club ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Beware! Only those who are McFearlessly brave may read from the pages of these monstrous memoirs. Minerva McFearless is an eleven-year-old monsterminator. Her family has been hunting down and destroying monsters for thousands of generations. But now the monsters have taken their revenge. The dreaded Zarmaglorg, the king of evil himself, has kidnapped Minerva's father. She and her little brother Max must set off to rescue him. They are armed only with the Monstranomicon - a living book that holds every secret about every bloodthirsty beast known to mankind...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a fantastic flashback story about a brave family's journey to stop all monsters invading the world. A terrific story and truly amazing illustrations. An excellent fast moving book!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A rollicking good yarn with plenty of easter eggs if the parents happen to be Zappa fans...
19 Dec 2007
Format:Hardcover
Alright, so he's the younger son of Frank Zappa - does that mean that as the son of a famous person, he can't write?
No, not necessarily. Just as elder brother Dweezil is a fine guitar player, and younger sister Diva wields a mean pair of knitting needles, and elder sister Moon Unit wrote the most casually savage chicklit novel of all time ('America the Beautiful', in case you were wondering), so Ahmet turns out to have a nice line in pre-teen yarn-spinning. It's a rollicking tale of a family devoted to hunting down evil monsters, and as soon as my daughter is old enough to understand actual speech I intend to try it out on her. In the meantime, I enjoyed it. And I have high standards.
The Zappa kids have all done rather well, in my opinion; none of them have even tried to contend with the monstrous legacy of their father, but have gone their own way instead. I suppose the kids of famous 60s rock stars all have the terrible lesson of Julian Lennon dangling in front of them, but even so, this particular family has maintained a streak of bracing anarchy and peppery independence, without devoting themselves (in the manner of some families of famous people) to shoring up the legend of the patriarch. Good on them.
Is this a good book to read to your kid/s? Yes, especially if one of them is a tomboyish and intellectually curious girl.
Two thumbs up.
No, not necessarily. Just as elder brother Dweezil is a fine guitar player, and younger sister Diva wields a mean pair of knitting needles, and elder sister Moon Unit wrote the most casually savage chicklit novel of all time ('America the Beautiful', in case you were wondering), so Ahmet turns out to have a nice line in pre-teen yarn-spinning. It's a rollicking tale of a family devoted to hunting down evil monsters, and as soon as my daughter is old enough to understand actual speech I intend to try it out on her. In the meantime, I enjoyed it. And I have high standards.
The Zappa kids have all done rather well, in my opinion; none of them have even tried to contend with the monstrous legacy of their father, but have gone their own way instead. I suppose the kids of famous 60s rock stars all have the terrible lesson of Julian Lennon dangling in front of them, but even so, this particular family has maintained a streak of bracing anarchy and peppery independence, without devoting themselves (in the manner of some families of famous people) to shoring up the legend of the patriarch. Good on them.
Is this a good book to read to your kid/s? Yes, especially if one of them is a tomboyish and intellectually curious girl.
Two thumbs up.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Fun and gross and beautifully written
15 Aug 2006
Format:Hardcover
I read this book with my 8-year old daughter and we laughed quite a bit, totally engaged in the plot and characters. You can't help but love the heroine, Minerva McFearless, particularly when she's exhibiting her love-hate relationship with her little brother, Max. The writing is wonderful...full of alliteration and assonance that made some lines like tongue-twisters and others like poetry. My daughter is easily creeped out, yet we got through this one despite the goriness in some scenes. I believe the humor balanced it out.
No need to compare to Rowling, either...I've read all the Potter books three times each. The Monstrous Memoirs is entirely unique with it's own dark world that borrows nothing from J.K.'s brilliance. It's brilliant all on its own.
No need to compare to Rowling, either...I've read all the Potter books three times each. The Monstrous Memoirs is entirely unique with it's own dark world that borrows nothing from J.K.'s brilliance. It's brilliant all on its own.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
A good book. A nice guy.
6 Aug 2006
Format:Hardcover
I saw Zappa on a panel during Comic-con. He was there to discuss Young Adult books. I was there with a friend and was not really interested in the panel but hey, it was something to do for the time slot. He changed my mind as soon as he began speaking.
Zappa impressed me. The book impressed me. His passion for this project was jubilant and infectious. As he spoke, you could see the love he had for working towards a good book and wanting it to be for the kids...something I think he succeeded in doing. The McFearless book is a great romp and looks to be a good series if he continues along with it... which I believe he is.
I disagree with one of the editorial reviews' take that this was a commercial venture...and that it borrowed from a slice of the Potter books. I can see how that kind of cynicism would rear its head where young adult books is concerned but it's unwarranted here. Zappa has written a book not to sell anything but because he wanted to write a book for those kids who needed something to sparkle in their minds when they read... something he struggled with himself when he was that age.
If you ever hear him speak on the process of writing this book...and how hard it was for him... you can hear that passion. And it is that passion that drives the story between those pages.
By the way, if you do purchase this book for your young adults, please be sure to ask them to not try out the recipes unless over a very large tarp. It's meant to be a fun interactive book. It definitely comes across that way.
Zappa impressed me. The book impressed me. His passion for this project was jubilant and infectious. As he spoke, you could see the love he had for working towards a good book and wanting it to be for the kids...something I think he succeeded in doing. The McFearless book is a great romp and looks to be a good series if he continues along with it... which I believe he is.
I disagree with one of the editorial reviews' take that this was a commercial venture...and that it borrowed from a slice of the Potter books. I can see how that kind of cynicism would rear its head where young adult books is concerned but it's unwarranted here. Zappa has written a book not to sell anything but because he wanted to write a book for those kids who needed something to sparkle in their minds when they read... something he struggled with himself when he was that age.
If you ever hear him speak on the process of writing this book...and how hard it was for him... you can hear that passion. And it is that passion that drives the story between those pages.
By the way, if you do purchase this book for your young adults, please be sure to ask them to not try out the recipes unless over a very large tarp. It's meant to be a fun interactive book. It definitely comes across that way.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Shareing with my grand children
26 Sep 2006
Format:Hardcover
My two twin grandchildren age 6 a boy and girl, I talked into letting me read book.
We shared a wonderful summer day together. After each chapter they had many wonderful questions. Now when we are togethe there first request is for me to read it to them again.
They can't wait for the next enstalment.
Spend a day with your child reading this wonderful book you won't be sorry
We shared a wonderful summer day together. After each chapter they had many wonderful questions. Now when we are togethe there first request is for me to read it to them again.
They can't wait for the next enstalment.
Spend a day with your child reading this wonderful book you won't be sorry
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