Okay, so let me begin by mentioning my age and my interest in reading this book. I'm 24 and about a year off from being the greatest elementary teacher the world has ever seen! This past year or so I've been reading books to stock my classroom library with for my students to read. Also, to note, I've just become an avid reader and the only books of interest at the moment are the ones I will one day have available for my students. Okay, now for the review.
I absolutely refuse to sugarcoat this review but this book was three parts incredible and twelve parts amazing. The characters were enjoyable, the writing was clever and comical, and the storyline was stellar. This was a book that anyone with a good sense of humor will enjoy at any age. One of the more cohesive aspects, to me, was the dialogue. I found it overwhelmingly believable, even if Timmy sometimes spoke to an intellectual level that would normally seem a little out of reach for his age--it was his character that made it believable and subsequently hilarious.
Even though the main rivalry in the book seems a bit one-sided, Timmy more than makes up for it by his most astute observations. He also makes up for the antics of his polar bear partner who seems to get in the way more often than he helps. Timmy Failure is quickly on his path to greatness, though he would probably argue he's already most of the way there.
In all honesty, this book made me laugh out loud on a consistent basis. I simply could not put it down. And it's because of all these reasons that Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is the most exciting series I've ever cracked into and even though I do not know when book No. 2 will be written/made available to the general public, it will be all I desire until I can have it. As a future teacher, and hopefully a future parent, this book is not only great for entertaining children of all ages, it's also loaded with tremendous potential for engaging mini-lessons that students will enjoy doing!
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five stars for the illustrations, the moments of humor. none for the racist undertone. for instance: the worst fate imaginable for corrina corrina is for her to be "air-dropped over turkmenistan." i hope this book doesn't have a turkmen/turkish edition. can you imagine turkmen children reading something like that? their nation reduced to a punchline, a punishment? a chapter prior to this, we're informed that "some evil looks like genghis khan," (companion illustration attached) and that "some evil looks like atilla the hun." these are the only two examples of "evil" young readers are given. what will children take away from this? that turkmenistan is a place where evil people go/live? that evil looks non-christian alone? is always asian? surely the author remembers hitler? or is he not as bad as khan? how about ivan the terrible, stalin, nero? no? at a time where movements have been launched (#weneeddiversebooks), the siren call sounded ("representational, inclusive children's literature matters"), it's disappointing to see the choices made here. there's also an evil cat named 'señor burrito' because of course. please try to be more mindful about how you tell stories. please try to avoid making racist choices.
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