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A review by kailey_luminouslibro
How to Avoid Being Eaten by Sharks ... and Other Advice by John Larkin
2.0
The author gives humorous and silly advice on various topics such as avoiding sharks and aliens, deciphering your parents grammatically incorrect threats, and answering questions such as whether or not the earth is really flat. There is also a section about writing that will help you with your creative writing assignments... if you happen to be writing about zombies.
I liked the silly style for the most part, but some of the jokes were a little vulgar with some potty humor in there. Because of the sarcastic style, I think it would be difficult for young readers to determine what is a joke and what is real fact. The result is that this book is not at all useful.
There is also a lot of violence described in this book, starting with real accounts of shark attacks and people who died from their shark injuries or had limbs bitten off. Pretty gruesome. There is a description of a scientist being burned at the stake by the Inquisition. There is a description of the author's mother throwing a toy at her child in a fit of anger. And mentions of Hitler killing millions of Jewish people, and of the first atomic bombs killing 200,000 people in Japan. And all told with a hint of humor that felt somewhat inappropriate.
There is also one place with the use of the word "hell" (as in "it hurt like hell"), which didn't seem quite appropriate for this age group.
I didn't understand why the whole section about parents was included in the book. It has to do with language and idioms that parents use to threaten their children with punishment, such as "I'll give you something to cry about." But the author just told all these horrible stories from his own childhood about his misbehavior and his parents anger.
This book was not at all my cup of tea.
To see the sensitive and questionable content in this book, you can check it out at the Screen It First website! https://screenitfirst.com/book/how-to-avoid-being-eaten-by-sharks-and-other-advice-2570435
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.
I liked the silly style for the most part, but some of the jokes were a little vulgar with some potty humor in there. Because of the sarcastic style, I think it would be difficult for young readers to determine what is a joke and what is real fact. The result is that this book is not at all useful.
There is also a lot of violence described in this book, starting with real accounts of shark attacks and people who died from their shark injuries or had limbs bitten off. Pretty gruesome. There is a description of a scientist being burned at the stake by the Inquisition. There is a description of the author's mother throwing a toy at her child in a fit of anger. And mentions of Hitler killing millions of Jewish people, and of the first atomic bombs killing 200,000 people in Japan. And all told with a hint of humor that felt somewhat inappropriate.
There is also one place with the use of the word "hell" (as in "it hurt like hell"), which didn't seem quite appropriate for this age group.
I didn't understand why the whole section about parents was included in the book. It has to do with language and idioms that parents use to threaten their children with punishment, such as "I'll give you something to cry about." But the author just told all these horrible stories from his own childhood about his misbehavior and his parents anger.
This book was not at all my cup of tea.
To see the sensitive and questionable content in this book, you can check it out at the Screen It First website! https://screenitfirst.com/book/how-to-avoid-being-eaten-by-sharks-and-other-advice-2570435
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail