Genera: Fantasy/humor/contemporary
Subjects: Parallel universes, other worlds, adventure,
RPG, nerds
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 387 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins: Balzer & Bray
Summary/ product description: “The Other Normals
centers on 15-year-old Peregrine “Perry” Eckert, who’s seriously obsessed with
an uber-dorky role-playing game called Creatures & Caverns. Concerned about
his stunted social skills and need for fresh air, Perry’s parents decide to
ship him off to summer camp to become a man. He anticipates the worst summer of
his life until he arrives at camp and stumbles into the World of the Other
Normals, a place where his nerdy childhood may serve him well — but not without
connecting with the real world first.”
My Rating: êêêê
My Review: This book was really funny. So many ridiculous
things happened. The characters themselves were pretty funny too. It felt kind
of like a parody of some epic fantasy story, with some sci-fi thrown in. Perry
is very naïve for a nerdy mathlete/RPGer. And very immature. He kind of
reminded me of my brother, except my brother addicted to Call of Duty and other
war games instead of WoW and RPG stuff. Ada and Mortin are pretty cool
characters. Perry likes Ada a lot.
There are some
very unique creatures in this fantasy. Lots of unique world building. It’s
almost a dystopian, but it’s really a parallel world or mystical creatures,
some from mythology and other created by the author. You’d have to read it to
understand how unique this book really is.
It reminds me of a few other books. Parodies by the
Harvard Lampoon have similar humor. And There Is No Dog was also a funny one.
If you like fantasy stories with faeries and elves and such, or are into RPG
and WoW, then this is one book you can relate to. I also recommend this to all
the nerdy and geeky guys out there (you are loved, we aren’t trying to make fun
of you). I think this book would make a funny movie. Fantasy-comedy. It
reminded me of that Scott Pilgrim movie, also.
Cover Art Review: This cover really captures the
content. You have the figurines in the background and a guy who’s supposed to
be Perry on a figurine stand. It’s just a good, fully, well designed and simple
cover.
~Haley G
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