Hey everyone, I got super busy and kind of forgot about my blog so...sorry about that...but I figured a bit of a break in your irregularly scheduled Harry Potter reviews was due. So, without further gilding the lily and with no more ado...Muddle Earth by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddel.
Summary: So, our story begins as many stories do, with a great hero. His name is Joe and he has a dog named Henry. Through means unknown and mysterious (no spoilers!) he arrives in Muddle Earth and embarks on a mighty quest with the weirdest hodgepodge of characters you ever saw. Go on an adventure to defeat a dark lord with Henry and Joe (and laugh at jokes and many pop-culture references on the way). There's a (rather useless) wizard, and his talking bird, a sensitive ogre and a rather interesting dragon along the way. The adventures of Joe and friends will keep you in stitches (and the reveal of the evil dark lord I mean, who saw that coming?) This book is amazing.
Review: As I've mentioned this book is hysterically funny. It'll keep you reading until the last page and the motley crew of characters will be people who you'll laugh at all through the tale. My review of this book is very short (no spoilers obv.) but only because it would be terribly spoilery if it wasn't.
Blatant and obvious pop-culture references abound and it just serves to make the story that much better, seriously, read this book, you'll be in stitches. (haha sewing pun (but the context for that is a spoiler)).
This Book is, in my opinion, one of the best fantasy books in the genre. It references and parodies the classics you love in such a way that you can't help but think "I understood that reference!"
If you like funny, fantasy books that'll keep you hooked from one chapter to the next and at the end you'll want nothing more than to read the sequel Muddle Earth Too!
