Rain's Reading Log reviewed Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going
The Book that Taught Me to Read
4 stars
Is this book great? No but it is the first "Novel" that I can recall reading from start to finish on my own and actually comprehending the whole way through. Which proved to 8th grade self (Age 13) that my brain was not broken and I could actually read a "real book without pictures", even if I did only pick this book up because the "lol so random funny title".
The wannabe punk story it tells is not bad and pretty keeps your interest. Though where this book does really shine is its characters and how the protagonist actually feels like a real person and not just "some fat kid".
The movie by the same name that came out years latter is kind of a poorly paced speed run of the story.
Is this book great? No but it is the first "Novel" that I can recall reading from start to finish on my own and actually comprehending the whole way through. Which proved to 8th grade self (Age 13) that my brain was not broken and I could actually read a "real book without pictures", even if I did only pick this book up because the "lol so random funny title".
The wannabe punk story it tells is not bad and pretty keeps your interest. Though where this book does really shine is its characters and how the protagonist actually feels like a real person and not just "some fat kid".
The movie by the same name that came out years latter is kind of a poorly paced speed run of the story.