REVIEW: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder by Jo Nesbo

Review by Rocco

Summary from Amazon: Dr Proctor is an ageing inventor just waiting for his big break. And when he teams up with his next-door neighbour Lisa and her peculiar friend Nilly in making the world's most powerful fart powder, it seems his dream may be coming true. But the ruthless twins Truls and Trym Trane are lurking in the background just waiting to spoil their plans. The drama that follows has repercussions that stretch beyond the imagination, inolving a wild chase through the sewer system of Oslo, anacondas and NASA.

The book was funny, especially when Nilly took the fartonaut powder and the sound which it made was very funny. I liked the parts when Nilly was joking about the elephant snails but Doctor Proctor had it in one of his experiments. It was very funny that using the powder ripped people's trousers. I liked the anaconda - it was so much bigger than its normal size and it could only live in the sewers. Mr Trane was really mean and I was happy about what happened to him at the end of the book.

This book was as good as my favourite books by Roald Dahl. I recommend it to boys and girls in between 6 and 12 years old.

Review by Rocco, aged 8

Luisa's note: I just want to add that I absolutely loved reading this book with Rocco, and we both laughed non-stop during the story. Also, the above is my son's review-writing debut! :)

Comments

[Ria]

An excellent review (:
This is your sons writing?! An 8 year old! Wow! You can tell he takes after you in the writing sense :P
Ria x

[Amber]

Wow great review! I can't believe he's only 8 and yet he writes like this already! :)

[laisa]

What a great review! Especially for an 8 year old. Very cute and I hope he write another review.

[Jo]

Great review from Rocco! It was great to read, so glad Rocco enjoyed! And congrats on his first review! :)

[Emily]

Rocco, I really enjoyed your review. I think my daughter would love this book (as would I!).

Emily

[Jenny]

Great review, Rocco - so glad you enjoyed it! I'm reading it now and love it, though I'm a little bit older than 12, hehe :)

[Sophie]

Great review, Rocco! This sounds like it'd appeal to my immature side. :)

[CarolineG]

I think you did a great job reviewing that, Rocco. Definitely a chip off old the old writing block there...

[Becky (The Bookette)]

Rocco, congratulations on your review writing debut. A great job you did too! This sound like a book that will have all the boys in my library laughing their socks off. I will add it to our stock on your recommendation!