Stopping the Fat Guy Memoirs of a True Hero Book 1 edition by Benjamin H Hebert Literature Fiction eBooks
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Quincy Quiver, crime fighter extraordinaire, is out shopping on December 24th when he first hears of Santa Claus. Surely a man who spends his year spying on people in order to break into their house on Christmas Eve and leave them coal or unwanted socks is up to no good. Hero senses tingling, Quincy sets out to put an end to the cookie thief's mischief and discover his true intentions once and for all.
Stopping the Fat Guy Memoirs of a True Hero Book 1 edition by Benjamin H Hebert Literature Fiction eBooks
This book was entertaining at times. The superhero does seem to lack certain cultural knowledge, specifically about the story of Santa Claus, and I find that a little hard to believe. Nonetheless, I as a reader can suspend that belief, (I am not sure we call could) and it is fun to follow the story on how he wants to bring down the Claus, as is his nature as a superhero to stop someone who is up to no good in his city.The world he creates here is quite odd and unique, with new names for money, among other things. There is a humor evident in his details, especially the many different types of ham available for Christmas. I found that enjoyable, however, I feel like he should clarify his audience. He narrates in a voice to us as if we, the readers, are children, yet, there is adult humor included in many places.
It is an interesting story with suspense and action, but I do feel some clarification in his tone would be helpful. It's definitely light-hearted with occasional dark humor, and any potential reader in search of such a thing will find that.
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Stopping the Fat Guy Memoirs of a True Hero Book 1 edition by Benjamin H Hebert Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Stopping the Fat guy is definitely an excellent book. There are 23 chapters in the book. I liked the book very much. Benjamin H. Hebert had done a good job. I would recommend if for anyone who doesn’t take things seriously.
I received a review copy of this book, and I am so glad I did. Stopping the Fat Guy reminded me in a lot of ways of an extended episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? The book seems to take itself seriously, with a fleshed out and easy to follow narrative, while also incorporating almost tongue-in-cheek wackiness. If you're a fan of books that will keep you wanting to read more, and can be okay with the sadness that comes when it's over, definitely check out this book. I had a great time reading it!
Chalk it up to the author for being daring and displaying imagination.
However, I think this book would have worked better as a very short children's story, for ages 6-12, to join the ranks of books in the line of the heart-warming plot of "at first, people scorn Santa's existence, but it turns out he's very real" and incorporate the light humour from this book.
I could tell the author was trying very hard to expand a book out of a simple premise from one perspective, much of what Santa does could be construed as illegal or immoral (i.e. "breaking into" people's houses, giving coal to naughty children, and leaving behind some undesired gifts, i.e. ugly sweaters or ties). I liked this premise, but it didn't work in this book.
As said, I do think this premise can work very well in a wacky children's book, just focusing on that one premise, without the adult themes or without the extraneous chapters (i.e. a chapter about fighting a giant Easter Bunny, or a chapter about ordering pizza then a snowball fight... yes, a whole chapter on that).
One thing puzzled me... if Klyde is a native Spanish speaker, why does his name not seem Spanish?
All in all, it had dashes of brilliance. But I think the author tried too hard to make do with an entertaining premise.
As the title and description imply, this is a way out there comedy. At times a bit too way out there, but at times it's great. There were lots of zany characters, truly bizarre situations, and a, purposefully, confused rambling narration. Does all this go over the top? Often times yes. However the times it works, it works fantastic.
During my reading, at times I was laughing out loud, at other times I was truly baffled. Some of the descriptions lost me, others have me smiling every time I think about them.
The author says the idea for this started in eighth grade, to some extent it shows, but mostly he has taken the time to further refine the ideas. Credit does have to be given to the amount of work he has done in getting this book to a readable state. I look forward to when he takes the skills he has learned in getting this book to this state, and uses those on an new book.
I'm giving it a four stars, because the times all the aspects of the book come together, it is fantastic. As I mentioned before when they don't work, they left me totally baffled. Some of the imagery will stick in my head for a long time to come. With a book like this, your individual experience will vary greatly.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is a literate attempt to be funny, told in the first person and sounding at times like a riff on Tristram Shandy and otherwise like a tall tale. These are the stories of Quincy Quiver, super-hero extraordinaire, who speaks of "My accomplishments my run-in with the pirates, my expedition into the mysterious land known as Unexplored and Unimportant, my epic battles with Milton the Magician, and the mishap with a terrible penguin."
We are introduced to Artemis Artook-- "We were kind of dating at the time.... we spent a couple of nights beating up a bully or two together. Something about her right hook used to drive me crazy." Never mind that there is that odd reference to "my wife [who] blows Aphrodite away." Nor that there is Klyde, QQ's Odd Couplish roommate, devised perhaps for the Latino vote.
More problematic, in my humble opinion, is the sequence of events and the mix of tenses that are used to describe them. The author would have us believe that it is intentional. He declares, "I think I have come up with the best story progression and you, my friend, are going to be the guinea pig."
Unfortunately, he does not convince me, a mere reader.
I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book was entertaining at times. The superhero does seem to lack certain cultural knowledge, specifically about the story of Santa Claus, and I find that a little hard to believe. Nonetheless, I as a reader can suspend that belief, (I am not sure we call could) and it is fun to follow the story on how he wants to bring down the Claus, as is his nature as a superhero to stop someone who is up to no good in his city.
The world he creates here is quite odd and unique, with new names for money, among other things. There is a humor evident in his details, especially the many different types of ham available for Christmas. I found that enjoyable, however, I feel like he should clarify his audience. He narrates in a voice to us as if we, the readers, are children, yet, there is adult humor included in many places.
It is an interesting story with suspense and action, but I do feel some clarification in his tone would be helpful. It's definitely light-hearted with occasional dark humor, and any potential reader in search of such a thing will find that.
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