The Middle-Child Blues (Hardcover)

from matthewbloome

Being a middle child, I get the blues it brings out in the main character here, and being a David Catrow fan, I loved the illustrations for their comedic power, but the story seemed trapped between being a blues song and a narrative and never really won me over in either case. I liked the book bu...

from dangerlibearian

Unless you want to commit fully to reading it as a blues song kinda of a dud. A little muddled, but does show the unfairness of being a middle-child.

from DiamondDog

To this day I still can hear Jan's whining cry "Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!" bemoaning her woes of being not only Marcia's younger sister, but also her seemingly invisible position as the middle child of the huge Brady Bunch. She's not alone. The Brady Bunch housekeeper, Alice, is also a middle child...