Punk Planet Books: The Boy Detective Fails (Paperback)

from WittyreaderLI

This book was one of the weirdest books I have read in a while. And I do love weird books. The main chararcter is a "boy detective" who has grown up. He basically has to adjust to living in the real world, but does it in a very bizarre way. I think this is a quick, fun read!

from klburnside

I read the first 90% of this book in two days, and really loved that part. The characters were endearing, and I was intrigued by the world the author created. For some reason, I stopped reading the book, and didn't get back to the last twenty pages for another week. I regret that because somethin...

from invisiblelizard

I think what I liked about The Boy Detective Fails was that it turns the pristine childhood detective myth (see Encyclopedia Brown, The Hardy Boys, etc.), that I loved so much as a kid, completely on its head. In this book, the brilliant boy detective grows up, suffers heartache and loss, gets se...

from Eoin

3.5 stars. File this under "wringer". The most striking feature of this book is the emotional plot arc, which sets up high without clear referent, drops farther and faster than is comfortable (bearable?) and struggles in the depths, occasionally looking up at the sky. There are moments of real be...

from librarybrandy

When Encyclopedia Brown grows up, what kind of damage is he going to have? Particularly if he was able to solve every case he came across, except the mystery of why his sister killed herself? Boy Detective Billy is in that exact position: while he was in college, his partner-in-crime-solving sist...