This book was great fun!
The overall aesthetic is really nice immediately enticing the target audience with a striking cover and bright sprayed edges.
The larger text size within was an interesting change and then to learn it was to make the book dyslexia friendly was a great idea. I could really feel Mulhern behind the writing in this book. It had an infectious enthusiasm about it that oozes from the page. To make it illustrated as well was very clever, I can imagine that a youngster with dyslexia would find a real comfort in the words they find difficult to read come to life in the pictures. As for plot and characters, Max was a great leading man! He had his fair share of trials and troubles, that he was able to overcome with some self discovery and help from friends which in itself is a great message for a debut book. The bullying was set out from the very beginning and that I applaud. Facing up to something that is so relevant to so many in your first book can’t have been an easy decision to make but Mulhern didn’t shy away from the difficulty and in fact embraced it very well. I really look forward to whatever else he has in store for what I am sure will be a very dedicated readership.
The overall aesthetic is really nice immediately enticing the target audience with a striking cover and bright sprayed edges.
The larger text size within was an interesting change and then to learn it was to make the book dyslexia friendly was a great idea. I could really feel Mulhern behind the writing in this book. It had an infectious enthusiasm about it that oozes from the page. To make it illustrated as well was very clever, I can imagine that a youngster with dyslexia would find a real comfort in the words they find difficult to read come to life in the pictures. As for plot and characters, Max was a great leading man! He had his fair share of trials and troubles, that he was able to overcome with some self discovery and help from friends which in itself is a great message for a debut book. The bullying was set out from the very beginning and that I applaud. Facing up to something that is so relevant to so many in your first book can’t have been an easy decision to make but Mulhern didn’t shy away from the difficulty and in fact embraced it very well. I really look forward to whatever else he has in store for what I am sure will be a very dedicated readership.