Max Magic follows a boy named Max who loves magic and impressing all his family and friends with his tricks but he has some bullies who aren't so impressed both at school and at his dads market stall so he decides he needs to work out how to get them off his back.
I like the sound of this book and was intrigued by Stephen Mulhern's input in the book but unfortunately I found it was very basic and both the plot and writing style were lacking and I didn't think much of the illustrations either!
I know I am not the target audience for the book as an adult but I have read and enjoyed many books for children of this age. With my most favourite author of this age being Sam Copeland (who fills his books with humour and twists and turns and brilliant action packed illustrations), I felt that this showed how lacking this book is in every area!
It was nice we got to see Max enjoying his hobby and how he wasn't willing to give up and I'm sure young children will love reading about the magic but it wasn't integrated very seamlessly into the story and at times felt like it was there for the sake of it. I don't like how he solely used magic to defeat the bullies either as whilst it's a fun read it doesn't help children know what to do with any bullies that may be in their life.
The illustrations were very disappointing. There are very few throughout the book which is a shame as magic could be so much fun to play around with and add some extra excitement to the story however most of the illustrations were just characters not doing anything, just standing there either holding something or looking at someone. Where's all the magic?!
I think the idea for this book was good but it just wasn't done very well based on other books of this age I've read. It was very average and other than fun there is no real point to the story. I much prefer stories that are fun and you can learn from the characters situation at the same time and this book didn't achieve that in my opinion. At least not in a realistic way unless you have magical skills to defeat bullies with too!
I like the sound of this book and was intrigued by Stephen Mulhern's input in the book but unfortunately I found it was very basic and both the plot and writing style were lacking and I didn't think much of the illustrations either!
I know I am not the target audience for the book as an adult but I have read and enjoyed many books for children of this age. With my most favourite author of this age being Sam Copeland (who fills his books with humour and twists and turns and brilliant action packed illustrations), I felt that this showed how lacking this book is in every area!
It was nice we got to see Max enjoying his hobby and how he wasn't willing to give up and I'm sure young children will love reading about the magic but it wasn't integrated very seamlessly into the story and at times felt like it was there for the sake of it. I don't like how he solely used magic to defeat the bullies either as whilst it's a fun read it doesn't help children know what to do with any bullies that may be in their life.
The illustrations were very disappointing. There are very few throughout the book which is a shame as magic could be so much fun to play around with and add some extra excitement to the story however most of the illustrations were just characters not doing anything, just standing there either holding something or looking at someone. Where's all the magic?!
I think the idea for this book was good but it just wasn't done very well based on other books of this age I've read. It was very average and other than fun there is no real point to the story. I much prefer stories that are fun and you can learn from the characters situation at the same time and this book didn't achieve that in my opinion. At least not in a realistic way unless you have magical skills to defeat bullies with too!