2 out of 4 stars
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Toon Girl is a really short novel and has been written by Sean Wheeler. It is 32 pages and has been placed in the sci-fi genre. It was published on the 9th of March 2017.
The first pregnancy test that Stephanie Painter went to after discovering that she was going to have a child with husband-Samuel Painter, had some astonishing results. The baby girl that was going to be born possessed a ‘Super Gene’ because of which she was a ‘Gene Human’. The girl could speak when she was an infant. Stephanie had actually given birth to a cartoon whom she named Sue. Actually, the baby insisted on calling itself Sue. She really did look like an animated character with the cell-shading and thick black outline. Many people freaked out because of her physical appearance. The only explanation for this weird gene disorder was that Sue’s father made cartoons.
Then, the storyline shifts to 14 years ahead and a teenage Sue. At school, she gets asked out by a guy named Otto. Sue readily agrees and they decide to go to a show named Willie’s Circus. At the show, they meet another young couple-Jeremy Floater and his girlfriend, Amy Simpson. The four teenagers find the show really boring and decide to leave, only to get held back by Willie and his clowns who try to kill them, one by one. Sue isn’t the only Gene Human, Jeremy is one too. A Gene Human possesses some unique superhuman powers which could help the four escape. Will it be enough to escape from some clowns who know every trick they have up their sleeve?
It took me about twenty minutes to complete this short book. This book was more comedy than sci-fi. It was written in a really humorous manner and the plot was also unique. To be honest, this book did get me giggling to myself at times.
I experienced a few issues with this book. Firstly, the dialogues were a bit weird. There were also a few awkward sentence structures. The biggest issue I had with this book is that I couldn’t figure out which age category this book was aimed for. The writing style of the author made the book seem like it was for children. Even in the Amazon description, it has been mentioned that this book is for ages 7 to 18. But, with the mention of things like STDs and sex, I would redeem this book rather unfit for that age. Older teen or adults who’d like a short comedy could check this book out.
I would have rated this book 2.5 stars if I could but I believe that it deserves a rating of 2 out of 4 stars. The things I mentioned in the previous paragraph hampers me from giving it any more. Other than the really few awkward sentence structures, this book was professionally edited and I could not spot any grammatical errors or typos. I didn’t give it a one as it would make a decent and funny read for some people who have a good sense of humour or love comedy books. It did get me giggling at times.
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Toon Girl
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