similar to the first book in too many ways just a different disney villain and main character but the plot arc and ideas are identical just with minimal  differences .

so in this one instead of loving the ocean and the animals on it and wanting friends as it happens in the first one, this main character feels invisible compared to his much more popular twin brother and finally wants friends. 

instead of constantly talking about the trash and plastic in the ocean, this book constantly mentions being a shadows and being invisible and overlooked either directly or indirectly basically twice on every page. 

and look i get feeling like less and not good enough, as if your a shadow behind the more impressive figure a sibling casts. 
i am the younger kid that did not accomplish anything nearly as impressive or as much as my older sister did. 
and at times it can feel like being overlooked or even as if you are cursed compared to the sibling. they make it look so easy and it’s just not for you. especially at the age of 11 where everything is so much.

so i think most people do understand that feeling and in that why some aspects if this book were well written and relatable. 

but this book didn’t handle to topic very well. it didn’t give a solution it an option or show that if you talk for example to someone in your family it might help. that if you tell your mom or dad or sibling that they are great but sometimes you feel overlooked by them what’s the worst that can happen? if they are a good family member that loves you? they might be offended because they never thought they do or behave that way but in most cases i would think and hope they will try their best to respect your feelings and try better to include you or actively work on it. 
instead this book just piles on how little everyone sees this boy and that’s it. 


i also disliked that the thing that both books have in common is the main character has no friends and instead of either being happy with that -there are kids that don’t need or want friends all that much and are happy to be left alone! - or focusing on finding a friend the book just kept mentioning it over and over. 

it’s just… i don’t think that’s  the best way to approach  that topic, especially for kids that age that might struggle with that or feel pressured to make friends. 
either tell kids it’s okay to be alone someone’s or show them ways to make friends. 
or don’t mention it as much.


as in the first book, this book also lets the kids behave a lot older than they are. in think their ages and behaviors reflect more toward 14 instead of 11. and sure in any other age 3 years are nothing. 
but under the age of 20? three years are a lot!

the bullying, they it’s done and how the kids behave? that’s not 11 years old. that’s older. i think so at least. 
and once again apparently adults are either super blind or should be around kids with how l it take they either notice or care about how they behave towards each other. 

there are just a lot of little things piling up that are not done well that add up fast.


also hated the ending yet again.

look i am for showing happy endings are not realistic. sometimes you can do the very best you can and it’s still not working out the way you want it too. 
that’s life. 
but there are sad or realistic or strange endings and then there is just a stupid ending. this book clearly lands in stupid. 


both books focused heavily on learning a lesson of being happy with who you are - only to turn around and show that once you learned that lesson it’s too late and the bad guy wins. 

i don’t think that the best message or ending for a kids book. 
especially in a series like this. 

i am now pretty sure how every other book in this series is going go and how each of those books is going to end. 

as i said for the first book - i am sure there are kids that will find this ending great and be happy with it. 
i also think there will be a larger number of kids that read this and will be disappointed with having this kind of “and the villain wins - dumdumdum” ending. 

let’s face it at the age of 8-12 which is the age group that should be reading this book, with how it is written, they will prefer the hero to win or an actual great villain story. 
neither is given here.