This is my review for the book, Boomtown Chang’s Famous Fireworks Factory (Book One) by Nowen N. Particular (for product info., you can go to http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/product_detail.asp?sku=1400313457.)
Boomtown is a humorous, tall tale, adventure book for kids. It all starts with the Button family arriving in Boomtown. They have many outrageous adventures. The people of Boomtown are eccentric to say the least. They love blowing stuff up...you will learn about all kinds of crazy explosives such as hen grenades, exploding elves, and lots more. And yet, the people of Boomtown are very nice and welcoming. Once moved in, the Button family come into contact with surprise after surprise. You would not believe all the different inventions they learn about. Soon, a mystery surfaces. Things begin disappearing. What’s going on? The book sounds pretty good, does it not? However, there were some things I did not like about the book. In one chapter, I thought they were disrespectful toward the Holy Spirit. I also did not appreciate them trying to make something seem like a "curse". Finally, the kids are disobedient, the wife is not supportive, and both the kids and wife are demanding and inconsiderate. They are not what you would call good role models. They make it a joke that the kids get into so much trouble and the kids do not seem to get punished for it! I personally would not pay money for this book. Also, because of all these things, I would not recommend it to others. |