Have you ever read a book that is the same as getting coal for Christmas? If you haven’t and plan not to, don’t read Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. It’s intriguing, boring, and very stupid.
Theres a point in the story where Theo and his father, Woods Boone, are going to a golf-course to investigate where the murder of Pete Duffy’s wife occurred, and then, as soon as they get there, they forget why they’re there and start playing a regular golf game (pg. 221-229). That was very aggravating to have all that suspense, and then it gets flushed down the toilet! It’s also very stupid at times as well as annoying, like when Theo’s government class went to the courthouse and then it tells what happens in there as well. I mean, what’s the point of describing something that’s happening in the courtroom and has no effect of furthering the plot, like telling someone you have to take a massive dump at the dinner table, when you’re eating a stew, or even worse, meatloaf.
It times it is good, like when Theo has to get this witness to testify in the courtroom. Sounds dumb at first, I know, but it turns out this guy is an illegal alien and doesn’t even look at cop, let alone walk into a courtroom. He is also is taking care of his family thats in El Salvador and needs a very, I mean, VERY, VERY good reason for Theo to talk him into getting at least 3ft. from the nearest courthouse (pg. 109-117). Theres also another time where Theo sneaks into the ventilation shaft above the courtroom. Its cheesy and kind of reminds me of an old Spy movie.
The theme is common, but isn’t worded the same as others. The theme basically is that when you know something bad happened, you should go run and tell an adult that you know what really happened. Its so stupid and boring. The editor could have done a better job and told John to not write something so silly and childish. And John should have used common sense and wrote a REAL novel, not such a childish one.
The conclusion of the book is very stupid as well, it ends where Theo helps a woman get her brother out of jail. All he does is recommend her to a real lawyer, and tells her everything is going to be all right. The author should have done a lot better when he wrote this young adult book, we might be young, but we know twice as much as we should know, some of it good, and some of it bad. The book, as you can clearly see, (unless you’re blind), sucks, in a very unique way. I give Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer 2 stars out of 5 because of the incompetence that he used when writing this book.
It times it is good, like when Theo has to get this witness to testify in the courtroom. Sounds dumb at first, I know, but it turns out this guy is an illegal alien and doesn’t even look at cop, let alone walk into a courtroom. He is also is taking care of his family thats in El Salvador and needs a very, I mean, VERY, VERY good reason for Theo to talk him into getting at least 3ft. from the nearest courthouse (pg. 109-117). Theres also another time where Theo sneaks into the ventilation shaft above the courtroom. Its cheesy and kind of reminds me of an old Spy movie.
The theme is common, but isn’t worded the same as others. The theme basically is that when you know something bad happened, you should go run and tell an adult that you know what really happened. Its so stupid and boring. The editor could have done a better job and told John to not write something so silly and childish. And John should have used common sense and wrote a REAL novel, not such a childish one.
The conclusion of the book is very stupid as well, it ends where Theo helps a woman get her brother out of jail. All he does is recommend her to a real lawyer, and tells her everything is going to be all right. The author should have done a lot better when he wrote this young adult book, we might be young, but we know twice as much as we should know, some of it good, and some of it bad. The book, as you can clearly see, (unless you’re blind), sucks, in a very unique way. I give Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer 2 stars out of 5 because of the incompetence that he used when writing this book.
