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A Bad Day For Voodoo
When your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says, "Trust me. This is gonna be awesome."
Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg to blow clean off with one quick prick. But I've seen it. It can happen.
And when there's suddenly a doll of YOU floating around out there—a doll that could be snatched by a Rottweiler and torn to shreds, or a gang of thugs ready to torch it, or any random family of cannibals (really, do you need the danger here spelled out for you?)—well, you know that's just gonna be a really bad day ...
Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg to blow clean off with one quick prick. But I've seen it. It can happen.
And when there's suddenly a doll of YOU floating around out there—a doll that could be snatched by a Rottweiler and torn to shreds, or a gang of thugs ready to torch it, or any random family of cannibals (really, do you need the danger here spelled out for you?)—well, you know that's just gonna be a really bad day ...
272 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2012
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Jeff Strand
229 books2,211 followersBram Stoker Award-winning author of a bunch of demented books, including PRESSURE, DWELLER, CLOWNS VS. SPIDERS, AUTUMN BLEEDS INTO WINTER, MY PRETTIES, the official novelization of ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, and lots of others!
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October 20, 2020
Utter brilliance!!!
If teachers made children read this kind of book in school instead of forcing Shakespeare down our throats, I'm sure there would have been a lot more children open to reading.
Imagine, having a really bad day - you know, you've overslept, your shoelace broke when you tried to tie them, the wheel of your car was flat and you had to change it, you were late for school or work, during the morning you got diarrhea at a pivotal time of the day and you missed something important, mostly because there was no toilet paper - which you saw too late, so you had to sacrifice some good underwear, and that was just your morning.
Well, Tyler could have only hoped for that kind of day. Instead, he has to chase after a voodoo doll which has the power to easily kill him...but will he survive this horrible, horrible night?
Jeff Strand...
I love you, in a totally platonic and non-sexual way, because even your YA stories makes me snort with laughter - don't worry, my wife is getting used to it - I don't think I'm far from convincing her to read them herself.
So, please don't take this as a stalker type message - you can relax, I'm not even on the same continent as you, and I'm not even sure you still live at ********** *********, *********, anymore, but never, ever stop doing what you are doing. Please please please!
And of that's not enough, I will even add:
'Or else...'
Recommended to anybody who has a sense of humor!
If teachers made children read this kind of book in school instead of forcing Shakespeare down our throats, I'm sure there would have been a lot more children open to reading.
Imagine, having a really bad day - you know, you've overslept, your shoelace broke when you tried to tie them, the wheel of your car was flat and you had to change it, you were late for school or work, during the morning you got diarrhea at a pivotal time of the day and you missed something important, mostly because there was no toilet paper - which you saw too late, so you had to sacrifice some good underwear, and that was just your morning.
Well, Tyler could have only hoped for that kind of day. Instead, he has to chase after a voodoo doll which has the power to easily kill him...but will he survive this horrible, horrible night?
Jeff Strand...
I love you, in a totally platonic and non-sexual way, because even your YA stories makes me snort with laughter - don't worry, my wife is getting used to it - I don't think I'm far from convincing her to read them herself.
So, please don't take this as a stalker type message - you can relax, I'm not even on the same continent as you, and I'm not even sure you still live at ********** *********, *********, anymore, but never, ever stop doing what you are doing. Please please please!
And of that's not enough, I will even add:
'Or else...'
Recommended to anybody who has a sense of humor!
October 6, 2021
A Bad Day For Voodoo
by Jeff Strand
Oh my gosh! This book is so hilarious! I don't care what age you are, teen and up should be good, you will find this funny!
Say your teacher is a super jerk to you, and just you. Everyone knows. Your less than sane friend comes up with a plan. A voodoo doll! Ok, it's not really going to work so you humor him and stick the pin in the doll of your teacher as he has his back to the class. Chaos ensues as his leg is ripped off!
You get mad at your friend. Make him take it back. But he gets mad at you and gets a voodoo doll made of you! You guys make up before he uses it. Before you can take it back, it gets stolen. From there, it is one crazy adventure trying to get the doll back! It is hilarious! Oh my goodness! Everyone is involved! I laughed so hard! A must read!
by Jeff Strand
Oh my gosh! This book is so hilarious! I don't care what age you are, teen and up should be good, you will find this funny!
Say your teacher is a super jerk to you, and just you. Everyone knows. Your less than sane friend comes up with a plan. A voodoo doll! Ok, it's not really going to work so you humor him and stick the pin in the doll of your teacher as he has his back to the class. Chaos ensues as his leg is ripped off!
You get mad at your friend. Make him take it back. But he gets mad at you and gets a voodoo doll made of you! You guys make up before he uses it. Before you can take it back, it gets stolen. From there, it is one crazy adventure trying to get the doll back! It is hilarious! Oh my goodness! Everyone is involved! I laughed so hard! A must read!
October 23, 2021
I'm guessing it's no secret at this point that I love Jeff Strand novels. I've never given any one author so many five-star ratings in my entire life.
The thing is, I can never find fault with any of his stories. The characters are the best I've ever read - I find myself caring about them even when they're assholes, the dialogue is curt, witty, and brilliant, the plot is always incredibly entertaining, and Jeff's trademark blend of horror and humor is always on point. It doesn't seem to matter what genre I'm in the mood for...I pick up a Strand novel, and I'm a happy girl.
I enjoyed every single page of this young adult novel. My only complaint is that it wasn't longer. (Seriously.) The FAQs at the beginning were hilarious, as were the "Coming Soon" titles at the end.
I'm a fan.
Available on Amazon!
The thing is, I can never find fault with any of his stories. The characters are the best I've ever read - I find myself caring about them even when they're assholes, the dialogue is curt, witty, and brilliant, the plot is always incredibly entertaining, and Jeff's trademark blend of horror and humor is always on point. It doesn't seem to matter what genre I'm in the mood for...I pick up a Strand novel, and I'm a happy girl.
I enjoyed every single page of this young adult novel. My only complaint is that it wasn't longer. (Seriously.) The FAQs at the beginning were hilarious, as were the "Coming Soon" titles at the end.
I'm a fan.
Available on Amazon!
December 28, 2014
4.5 stars.
Jeff Strand has the perfect blend of sarcasm, comedy, and action to make even a Young Adult book a compelling read for adults. A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO had me--quite literally--laughing out loud over several scenes (especially one involving a Rottweiler).
The story begins with a teacher unfairly giving Tyler an F on a test that he actually aced. his best friend, Adam, has a "brilliant" idea for revenge--a voodoo doll of the teacher, Mr. Click. Unfortunately, his plan works all too well....
After Adam has a voodoo doll made of Tyler (as insurance that he won't turn him into the police for the original doll), a series of hilarious mishaps propels them along--with Tyler's girlfriend, Kelley--throughout the rest of the book.
Even the most "serious" moments are hysterical in Strand's hands, as the story makes you focus not so much on the ultimate outcome, but on the various situations the three teenagers have to bungle their way through.
By the time I had finished this book, I had two of my kids begging to be allowed to read it next.
Highly recommended!
Jeff Strand has the perfect blend of sarcasm, comedy, and action to make even a Young Adult book a compelling read for adults. A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO had me--quite literally--laughing out loud over several scenes (especially one involving a Rottweiler).
The story begins with a teacher unfairly giving Tyler an F on a test that he actually aced. his best friend, Adam, has a "brilliant" idea for revenge--a voodoo doll of the teacher, Mr. Click. Unfortunately, his plan works all too well....
After Adam has a voodoo doll made of Tyler (as insurance that he won't turn him into the police for the original doll), a series of hilarious mishaps propels them along--with Tyler's girlfriend, Kelley--throughout the rest of the book.
Even the most "serious" moments are hysterical in Strand's hands, as the story makes you focus not so much on the ultimate outcome, but on the various situations the three teenagers have to bungle their way through.
By the time I had finished this book, I had two of my kids begging to be allowed to read it next.
Highly recommended!
August 20, 2012
Me: I heard you snort with laughter five times while reading this book. Was it funny?
My daughter, Kate (14): Yes. It was silly and crazy. People being chased by zombie History teachers is crazy. It also features a voodoo doll and a family of cannibals.
Me: Cannibals?
Kate: Yeah. They kill people in human sacrifices. And then eat them.
Me: So it's a horror story?
Kate: Yeah. I suppose. It wasn't scary horror. It was more funny than scary. There were great characters like Adam, the main character's best friend. He was funny and slightly psychotic. He's the one who gets the voodoo doll in the first place.
Me: Are you sure it's suitable reading for young people?
Kate: Yeah.
Me: Sure?
Kate: It depends. There's no real swearing. It's not scary. Not proper scary.
Me: Human sacrifice? Limbs dropping off?
Kate: It has violent moments, but it's not graphic.
Me: So how many stars would you give it?
Kate: Five
Me: Five? It's that good?
Kate: It's really good. It was funny. There were no plot holes.
Me: Is that what you look for in a book?
Kate: Well, it all made sense in the end. Sort of.
My daughter, Kate (14): Yes. It was silly and crazy. People being chased by zombie History teachers is crazy. It also features a voodoo doll and a family of cannibals.
Me: Cannibals?
Kate: Yeah. They kill people in human sacrifices. And then eat them.
Me: So it's a horror story?
Kate: Yeah. I suppose. It wasn't scary horror. It was more funny than scary. There were great characters like Adam, the main character's best friend. He was funny and slightly psychotic. He's the one who gets the voodoo doll in the first place.
Me: Are you sure it's suitable reading for young people?
Kate: Yeah.
Me: Sure?
Kate: It depends. There's no real swearing. It's not scary. Not proper scary.
Me: Human sacrifice? Limbs dropping off?
Kate: It has violent moments, but it's not graphic.
Me: So how many stars would you give it?
Kate: Five
Me: Five? It's that good?
Kate: It's really good. It was funny. There were no plot holes.
Me: Is that what you look for in a book?
Kate: Well, it all made sense in the end. Sort of.
June 3, 2012
Tired of all the angst and introspection in Young Adult fiction these days? Wanna see teenagers reading about something other than wizards and vampires, and maybe even hear them laugh out loud while they do it? (WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS)
In A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO, Tyler Churchill is a typical teenager who makes the mistake of believing that sticking a pin into a voodoo doll is a harmless way to get revenge for an undeserved F. Unfortunately, the friend who gave him the doll is a seriously misguided kid with mystical powers, so the doll turns out to be the genuine article. A simple prick of a pin causes Tyler's least favorite teacher to spurt blood and body parts in front of the entire classroom, and the ensuing tug-of-war over possession of the doll ends in a teacher with a broken neck. Panicked, Tyler and Adam blame each other, which ends in Adam making yet another doll, this time a doll representing Tyler. Boyhood friendship triumphs, however, and the two make a pact to keep their mouths shut, but then Tyler's voodoo doll is stolen, and all Hell breaks loose.
Tyler, his girlfriend, and repentant Adam take off on a wild goose chase involving carjackers, murderous thugs, sewer rats, spiders, a rabid Rottweiler, an insane cab driver, a marauding zombie, a family of serial killers, and several completely implausible but nonetheless exciting car chases and shoot-outs, all in the hope of removing the curse from Tyler's doll before Tyler loses a few body parts of his own. (Spoiler: Tyler loses a few body parts.) Strand's trademark wit and humor makes it all work, including several hilarious sections of random third-party asides that will have snorting beverages from your nose while taking cliff notes on the art of writing humor in fiction.
If you're looking for something different in the Young Adult genre, then look no further, and pick up A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO.
A Bad Day For Voodoo by Jeff Strand
In A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO, Tyler Churchill is a typical teenager who makes the mistake of believing that sticking a pin into a voodoo doll is a harmless way to get revenge for an undeserved F. Unfortunately, the friend who gave him the doll is a seriously misguided kid with mystical powers, so the doll turns out to be the genuine article. A simple prick of a pin causes Tyler's least favorite teacher to spurt blood and body parts in front of the entire classroom, and the ensuing tug-of-war over possession of the doll ends in a teacher with a broken neck. Panicked, Tyler and Adam blame each other, which ends in Adam making yet another doll, this time a doll representing Tyler. Boyhood friendship triumphs, however, and the two make a pact to keep their mouths shut, but then Tyler's voodoo doll is stolen, and all Hell breaks loose.
Tyler, his girlfriend, and repentant Adam take off on a wild goose chase involving carjackers, murderous thugs, sewer rats, spiders, a rabid Rottweiler, an insane cab driver, a marauding zombie, a family of serial killers, and several completely implausible but nonetheless exciting car chases and shoot-outs, all in the hope of removing the curse from Tyler's doll before Tyler loses a few body parts of his own. (Spoiler: Tyler loses a few body parts.) Strand's trademark wit and humor makes it all work, including several hilarious sections of random third-party asides that will have snorting beverages from your nose while taking cliff notes on the art of writing humor in fiction.
If you're looking for something different in the Young Adult genre, then look no further, and pick up A BAD DAY FOR VOODOO.
A Bad Day For Voodoo by Jeff Strand
April 7, 2017
Some people will not be charmed by the meta of this book. But I was.
The character talks to the camera a lot, even taking a break from the story at one point to insert some stuff "in case you're reading this book for school." And he's definitely riding the line of obnoxious, but I came around.
This is an over-the-top book. Goofy. Ridiculous.
And violent things happen. A lot. For laughs.
Be prepared for this book.
Luckily, I was looking for something hilarious and snarky to fill a genre hole in my booktalking slate. And this fit perfectly.
I kinda loved it.
The character talks to the camera a lot, even taking a break from the story at one point to insert some stuff "in case you're reading this book for school." And he's definitely riding the line of obnoxious, but I came around.
This is an over-the-top book. Goofy. Ridiculous.
And violent things happen. A lot. For laughs.
Be prepared for this book.
Luckily, I was looking for something hilarious and snarky to fill a genre hole in my booktalking slate. And this fit perfectly.
I kinda loved it.
February 16, 2013
I've been on a Jeff Strand reading binge this year and this was the first story he's written that didn't work at all for me. The author has an outstanding talent for mixing macabre with humor, something that's very difficult to do well. Here he finally misses more than he hits with the laughs, which is very much not the norm for this excellent author. Reading this story is like seeing a great comedian on a really off night.
I liked that the story starts out with a somewhat unique take on a voodoo story, but way, way, way too much author intrusion invades and ruins the story. It's a bit like those Naked Gun and Airplane movies by Zucker where the actors look out at the audience and try and involve us in the joke. It is funny if used extremely sparingly (in some cases not at all), but the author does it way too much here, even going as far as to insert a chapter from a make believe editor complaining about previous parts of the story. Don't get me wrong, Strand has used author intrusion in other stories and pulled it off expertly, but it fell apart for this reader. Also, there are some intentionally (not funny) head hurting sentences like this one:
"but if you said that you thought you weren’t going to win at a swim meet, and she sized up the competition and agreed that you probably weren’t going to win at the swim meet, she’d say that you probably weren’t going to win at the swim meet, even though most other people would tell you that they thought you were going to win at the swim meet even if they didn’t believe it."
Seriously?
This book is aimed at YA and doesn't have any crude language or (too) adult situations, but it's a bad day for those who love Strand's more serious works like Dweller and Pressure (go read those right away!), or even his fun horror outings like Wolf Hunt and The Sinister Mr. Corpse. Not recommended.
I liked that the story starts out with a somewhat unique take on a voodoo story, but way, way, way too much author intrusion invades and ruins the story. It's a bit like those Naked Gun and Airplane movies by Zucker where the actors look out at the audience and try and involve us in the joke. It is funny if used extremely sparingly (in some cases not at all), but the author does it way too much here, even going as far as to insert a chapter from a make believe editor complaining about previous parts of the story. Don't get me wrong, Strand has used author intrusion in other stories and pulled it off expertly, but it fell apart for this reader. Also, there are some intentionally (not funny) head hurting sentences like this one:
"but if you said that you thought you weren’t going to win at a swim meet, and she sized up the competition and agreed that you probably weren’t going to win at the swim meet, she’d say that you probably weren’t going to win at the swim meet, even though most other people would tell you that they thought you were going to win at the swim meet even if they didn’t believe it."
Seriously?
This book is aimed at YA and doesn't have any crude language or (too) adult situations, but it's a bad day for those who love Strand's more serious works like Dweller and Pressure (go read those right away!), or even his fun horror outings like Wolf Hunt and The Sinister Mr. Corpse. Not recommended.
May 7, 2015
A Bad Day for Voodoo is an absolute masterpiece. Having already read Jeff Strand in the past, I was already a fan, but this surpassed anything I have ever read from him. The story mostly takes place in one day, a very bad day for Tyler, a teen living in Florida. It starts off with one innocuous decision when his best friend gets a voodoo doll of their teacher Mr. Click. When Tyler sticks a pin in the doll's legs, Mr. Click's legs fly apart and start gushing blood. As if that wasn't bad enough, Tyler's friend in a fit of panic gets a voodoo doll of him. From that point forward, more bad decisions are made and hilarity ensues as they have to keep Tyler's doll safe (something that's not as easy as it may seem). Along with Tyler's girlfriend, they come across a gang of thugs, a family that's a cross between the Leave it to Beaver family and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre family, a zombie, and a slightly deranged taxi driver in order to reverse the curse.
After reading this novel I have to conclude that Jeff Strand is a genius; not in a Albert Einstein or even Bill Nye the Science Guy way, but a genius nonetheless. He is the best author I've ever read in terms of blending horror and humor together. In fact, A Bad Day for Voodoo is the funniest novel I've ever read. It was a fast paced novel that I breezed through. There were elements of the book such as a letter written by the editor because a chapter got lost or what the scene would have read like if it was dramatized that ordinarily I would consider gimmicky, but Strand made them work flawlessly. This was an enjoyable novel that I devoured. I highly recommend reading it. This novel will make your day.
Carl Alves - author of Blood Street
After reading this novel I have to conclude that Jeff Strand is a genius; not in a Albert Einstein or even Bill Nye the Science Guy way, but a genius nonetheless. He is the best author I've ever read in terms of blending horror and humor together. In fact, A Bad Day for Voodoo is the funniest novel I've ever read. It was a fast paced novel that I breezed through. There were elements of the book such as a letter written by the editor because a chapter got lost or what the scene would have read like if it was dramatized that ordinarily I would consider gimmicky, but Strand made them work flawlessly. This was an enjoyable novel that I devoured. I highly recommend reading it. This novel will make your day.
Carl Alves - author of Blood Street
September 14, 2012
Usually I run from YA novels as they seem to be mostly...well YA, but I tried to go into this book a bit more open-minded because I am a big fan of Jeff Strand. I was not disappointed. Obviously, it was intended for a younger middle school audience, but I thought it was put together well and was a quick and enjoyable read – utterly Strand. I would recommend this book to all YA’s out there who like their horror mixed with ample amounts of humor and for us “older readers” who just want to read something fast, entertaining and fun.
September 7, 2023
Dit was zo’n vermakelijk boek. Ik mag echt niet klagen voor 2 euries. @Rosell, ik had het zelfs de oorspronkelijke 16 euro waard gevonden.
@Nik, jij dit ook leuk vinden. Gewoon een tikkeltje vreemd en zeer overdreven, maar het is heel leuk geschreven en ook wel een grappig verhaal.
:) zeg het maar als die ooit je kant op moet komen
@Nik, jij dit ook leuk vinden. Gewoon een tikkeltje vreemd en zeer overdreven, maar het is heel leuk geschreven en ook wel een grappig verhaal.
:) zeg het maar als die ooit je kant op moet komen
October 26, 2012
Three Stars: A bizarre, humorous slapstick book that will make you laugh and scratch your head.
Tyler after studying for days gets an F on his test. When he confronts his teacher, Mr. Click, he is told that he had the exact same answers as Donny. Despite Tyler's protests, Mr. Click informs him that he is a cheater. Tyler vents his frustrations to his best friend Adam. Adam tells him to hang tight, he has a solution. A few days later, Adam presents Tyler with a voodoo doll of Mr. Click. Tyler doesn't believe in voodoo dolls...I mean really...a voodoo doll!? During class while Mr. Click is droning through his lecture, Adam needles Tyler to test the doll. Tyler stabs the Mr. Click doll with a pin and is horrified when his leg falls off and gushes blood everywhere. That didn't really happen, right? Later, he and Adam scuffle over the voodoo doll. They hear on the news that Mr. Click dies on the operating table of a broken neck. When they retrieve the doll, the neck is bent backwards. The two are terrified that somehow the police will connect the death to their voodoo doll. So Adam decides to make sure Tyler keeps quiet, not that he was planning on snitching.....Adam, being a few cards short of a full deck and perhaps a bit unhinged, procures another voodoo doll of Tyler....things are about to go from bad to worse to worst. What ensues is a night of terror and utter chaos as Tyler, Adam and Kelley attempt to get rid of the voodoo dolls. Will Tyler be murdered by his own voodoo doll?
What I Liked:
*I am going to tell you straight out that this book is utter chaos and it is utterly implausible and the plot and storyline are a train wreck. This book is all over the place and the story line is told by someone who lacks focus. So bottom line if you are looking for a smooth read skip this. If you are a bit strange and you have a deviant sense of humor and you want some laughs get this one. I have already told you I have a deviant sense of humor so I,of course, laughed through this one. Every once in awhile is nice to just read a ridiculous book. If you go into this one knowing that it is a slapstick story with an unbelievable plot it will be much more enjoyable.
*Mr. Strand's writing is definitely different. He lacks focus and his story line is absolutely crazy, but in the end I loved his wicked, mischievous and deviant sense of humor. This book made me laugh.
*I liked that the plot is chaotic and full of misadventure. I mean the voodoo doll really works and then the trio is tossed into one bad situation after another, and, believe me, it just gets crazier as it goes along. Once I abandoned any hope of a realistic, cohesive storyline, I enjoyed myself. The situations and characters are ridiculous. My favorite character was the cab driver souped up on Red Bull. I also loved the jokes, stream of conscious narration and all the aside passages that had nothing to do with the story. This was definitely a book where you have absolutely no clue what will happen from on page to the next. It is a hot mess!
And The Not So Much:
*Basically, I could take all the points above and use them for this section as well. This book is an absolute train wreck. It is ridiculous, unrealistic, not cohesive, hard to follow and it is written by someone who may have attention problems. So if you don't have a deviant sense of humor and you want a solid story, this is definitely not your book. But if you are someone who dares to read chaos and likes to laugh at the ridiculous, pick this one up. I certainly got a laugh out of it. If you read it and hate it, don't blame me, I warned you!
Favorite Quotations:
"To get the basic gist of what I'm talking about, pick any paragraph from this book and read it out loud in a monotone. Reread it over and over and over until you want to bash your head against a hard surface over and over and over and over so that your brain can escape and flee for sanctuary. That's what his lectures were like."
"The street was empty except for a really skinny guy in baggy jeans and no shirt. He was on my side of the vehicle. His head was shaved, and his body was covered with approximately eighty billion tattoos. The centerpiece was Mickey Mouse doing something of which The Disney lawyers would almost certainly not approve."
"At the end of the second block, I had a sudden moment of clarity, where the mysteries of the world were revealed to me, and my role in the universe was explained to me with six simple words: You can't outrun a car, dumbass."
"Behind the counter was a beaded curtain. The place smelled like incense mixed with mildew mixed with Lysol mixed with cheeseburger that should have been eaten much sooner than now."
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Posted @Rainy Day Ramblings.
Tyler after studying for days gets an F on his test. When he confronts his teacher, Mr. Click, he is told that he had the exact same answers as Donny. Despite Tyler's protests, Mr. Click informs him that he is a cheater. Tyler vents his frustrations to his best friend Adam. Adam tells him to hang tight, he has a solution. A few days later, Adam presents Tyler with a voodoo doll of Mr. Click. Tyler doesn't believe in voodoo dolls...I mean really...a voodoo doll!? During class while Mr. Click is droning through his lecture, Adam needles Tyler to test the doll. Tyler stabs the Mr. Click doll with a pin and is horrified when his leg falls off and gushes blood everywhere. That didn't really happen, right? Later, he and Adam scuffle over the voodoo doll. They hear on the news that Mr. Click dies on the operating table of a broken neck. When they retrieve the doll, the neck is bent backwards. The two are terrified that somehow the police will connect the death to their voodoo doll. So Adam decides to make sure Tyler keeps quiet, not that he was planning on snitching.....Adam, being a few cards short of a full deck and perhaps a bit unhinged, procures another voodoo doll of Tyler....things are about to go from bad to worse to worst. What ensues is a night of terror and utter chaos as Tyler, Adam and Kelley attempt to get rid of the voodoo dolls. Will Tyler be murdered by his own voodoo doll?
What I Liked:
*I am going to tell you straight out that this book is utter chaos and it is utterly implausible and the plot and storyline are a train wreck. This book is all over the place and the story line is told by someone who lacks focus. So bottom line if you are looking for a smooth read skip this. If you are a bit strange and you have a deviant sense of humor and you want some laughs get this one. I have already told you I have a deviant sense of humor so I,of course, laughed through this one. Every once in awhile is nice to just read a ridiculous book. If you go into this one knowing that it is a slapstick story with an unbelievable plot it will be much more enjoyable.
*Mr. Strand's writing is definitely different. He lacks focus and his story line is absolutely crazy, but in the end I loved his wicked, mischievous and deviant sense of humor. This book made me laugh.
*I liked that the plot is chaotic and full of misadventure. I mean the voodoo doll really works and then the trio is tossed into one bad situation after another, and, believe me, it just gets crazier as it goes along. Once I abandoned any hope of a realistic, cohesive storyline, I enjoyed myself. The situations and characters are ridiculous. My favorite character was the cab driver souped up on Red Bull. I also loved the jokes, stream of conscious narration and all the aside passages that had nothing to do with the story. This was definitely a book where you have absolutely no clue what will happen from on page to the next. It is a hot mess!
And The Not So Much:
*Basically, I could take all the points above and use them for this section as well. This book is an absolute train wreck. It is ridiculous, unrealistic, not cohesive, hard to follow and it is written by someone who may have attention problems. So if you don't have a deviant sense of humor and you want a solid story, this is definitely not your book. But if you are someone who dares to read chaos and likes to laugh at the ridiculous, pick this one up. I certainly got a laugh out of it. If you read it and hate it, don't blame me, I warned you!
Favorite Quotations:
"To get the basic gist of what I'm talking about, pick any paragraph from this book and read it out loud in a monotone. Reread it over and over and over until you want to bash your head against a hard surface over and over and over and over so that your brain can escape and flee for sanctuary. That's what his lectures were like."
"The street was empty except for a really skinny guy in baggy jeans and no shirt. He was on my side of the vehicle. His head was shaved, and his body was covered with approximately eighty billion tattoos. The centerpiece was Mickey Mouse doing something of which The Disney lawyers would almost certainly not approve."
"At the end of the second block, I had a sudden moment of clarity, where the mysteries of the world were revealed to me, and my role in the universe was explained to me with six simple words: You can't outrun a car, dumbass."
"Behind the counter was a beaded curtain. The place smelled like incense mixed with mildew mixed with Lysol mixed with cheeseburger that should have been eaten much sooner than now."
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Posted @Rainy Day Ramblings.
March 20, 2019
Wow is a word for A Bad Day For Voodoo, this is my 2nd Jeff Strand book, so I thought I was prepared for by how bonkers it could get, but I was wrong. This book takes any story you have read with voodoo dolls to a whole new level. These voodoo dolls are super charged when a pin pricks it the orifice explodes in bloody fashion. Every character is slightly deranged. This book like the excellent Wolf Hunt is written like movie, the pace is so fast you should have a popcorn in hand. This story reminded me of a teen sex comedy involving voodoo dolls and no sex.
The Plot: Tyler Churchill is an average 16 year old just trying to make it through high school. His best friend is Adam, who's kind of a deranged slacker, his girlfriend is Kelley one of the smartest girls in school. They all go to history class together with the ruthless teacher Mr. Click. Mr. Click gives Tyler a zero on a test he spent studying the whole weekend for because the dumb jock cheated off him. Tyler tries to persuade Mr.Click showing he knows the knowledge but he says like life there are no second chances. Adam consoles his best friend and comes up with ways to get revenge on Mr. Click, Adam's ideas are all too extreme Tyler. The next day Adam comes to school with a voodoo doll of Mr. Click. Tyler reluctantly takes it and not believing anything will actually happens stabs the leg of the doll, and Mr. Click's leg is severed, shooting off his body in a bloody mess, freaking out the whole class. Adam and Tyler both freaking out while handling the doll, Adam wants it but Tyler kind of fears what he would do with it, and refuses. Adam grows paranoid and does the only thing he can think to do and makes a voodoo doll of Tyler. Adam immediately realizes his mistake and he Tyler and his girlfriend go to reverse it. But problems start as Tyler's gets car jacked with the doll inside. Can Tyler and his friends find the doll before he is accidentally harmed?
What I Liked: The novel starts off with a bang, I thought there was gonna be more of a tease with the voodoo doll, but no Mr. Click's leg is off 15 pages in. I loved the Basers, they're a group of character's who cover their bases by believing in all forms of religion, so human sacrifice, but also forgiveness, they were a lot of fun. I liked the side effects of a dog violently shaking the voodoo doll and the effects on the target. This novel has some pretty good shocking moment. The humor was sometimes too much but sometimes it was just right, and I really enjoyed those moments.
What I Disliked: The excuse for Adam to get a voodoo doll was really weak, Strand is a good writer of getting out of sticky situations like he demonstrated in Wolf Hunt, so I was a little disappointed. The book becomes self aware and breaks the forth wall, which I have no problem but it should've been done or alluded to at the beginning not in the middle. It was done more for comic effect then served the story. The book was already funny it did not need forced funny.
Recommendations: I think if you're in the mood for wacky and a book that does not take it's self seriously, a lot of the side character's felt like they came out of an adult Lemony Snicket book, then this could be the book for you. Strand's Wolf Hunt is one of my favorite of all time, so if you haven't read that I would recommend that as a better starter for his work. This is a good book for a reader that does want that fast paced action. I rated this book 3 stars out of 5 stars. I still love Jeff Strand his writing and ideas are unlike any I've ever read before, and will definitely continue to read his work.
The Plot: Tyler Churchill is an average 16 year old just trying to make it through high school. His best friend is Adam, who's kind of a deranged slacker, his girlfriend is Kelley one of the smartest girls in school. They all go to history class together with the ruthless teacher Mr. Click. Mr. Click gives Tyler a zero on a test he spent studying the whole weekend for because the dumb jock cheated off him. Tyler tries to persuade Mr.Click showing he knows the knowledge but he says like life there are no second chances. Adam consoles his best friend and comes up with ways to get revenge on Mr. Click, Adam's ideas are all too extreme Tyler. The next day Adam comes to school with a voodoo doll of Mr. Click. Tyler reluctantly takes it and not believing anything will actually happens stabs the leg of the doll, and Mr. Click's leg is severed, shooting off his body in a bloody mess, freaking out the whole class. Adam and Tyler both freaking out while handling the doll, Adam wants it but Tyler kind of fears what he would do with it, and refuses. Adam grows paranoid and does the only thing he can think to do and makes a voodoo doll of Tyler. Adam immediately realizes his mistake and he Tyler and his girlfriend go to reverse it. But problems start as Tyler's gets car jacked with the doll inside. Can Tyler and his friends find the doll before he is accidentally harmed?
What I Liked: The novel starts off with a bang, I thought there was gonna be more of a tease with the voodoo doll, but no Mr. Click's leg is off 15 pages in. I loved the Basers, they're a group of character's who cover their bases by believing in all forms of religion, so human sacrifice, but also forgiveness, they were a lot of fun. I liked the side effects of a dog violently shaking the voodoo doll and the effects on the target. This novel has some pretty good shocking moment. The humor was sometimes too much but sometimes it was just right, and I really enjoyed those moments.
What I Disliked: The excuse for Adam to get a voodoo doll was really weak, Strand is a good writer of getting out of sticky situations like he demonstrated in Wolf Hunt, so I was a little disappointed. The book becomes self aware and breaks the forth wall, which I have no problem but it should've been done or alluded to at the beginning not in the middle. It was done more for comic effect then served the story. The book was already funny it did not need forced funny.
Recommendations: I think if you're in the mood for wacky and a book that does not take it's self seriously, a lot of the side character's felt like they came out of an adult Lemony Snicket book, then this could be the book for you. Strand's Wolf Hunt is one of my favorite of all time, so if you haven't read that I would recommend that as a better starter for his work. This is a good book for a reader that does want that fast paced action. I rated this book 3 stars out of 5 stars. I still love Jeff Strand his writing and ideas are unlike any I've ever read before, and will definitely continue to read his work.
July 6, 2017
Jeff Strand is always a pleasure to read and I always find myself chuckling out loud. This book gave me the same type of satisfaction that I've gotten from all of his other books, so far.
He tends to be a little dark and disturbing, but so very funny on top. He's got a light-hearted humor and most of his characters tend to have the same type of internal monologue that I imagine myself having. The best comparison I have for Jeff Strand's writing is to compare him to Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's writing styles. The topics of their movies are generally serious in tone, but for anyone who has ever seen any of the Cornetto Trilogy, you know that it's also hilarious and doesn't take itself so totally serious. Strand is very similar to that style. If you go into his books trying to take them seriously, you might find yourself disappointed. For me, they're always a delight and though the adventures seem like something that would never happen in reality, they are a ton of fun to read about and to picture. It's like a crazy movie going on inside your head.
I am always looking forward to reading another one of Jeff Strand's books and can't wait to read more from him. This book was funny and detailed the crazy adventure of three teenagers, all while remaining appropriate for a younger audience. I guess it's never really a good day for Voodoo, right?
He tends to be a little dark and disturbing, but so very funny on top. He's got a light-hearted humor and most of his characters tend to have the same type of internal monologue that I imagine myself having. The best comparison I have for Jeff Strand's writing is to compare him to Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's writing styles. The topics of their movies are generally serious in tone, but for anyone who has ever seen any of the Cornetto Trilogy, you know that it's also hilarious and doesn't take itself so totally serious. Strand is very similar to that style. If you go into his books trying to take them seriously, you might find yourself disappointed. For me, they're always a delight and though the adventures seem like something that would never happen in reality, they are a ton of fun to read about and to picture. It's like a crazy movie going on inside your head.
I am always looking forward to reading another one of Jeff Strand's books and can't wait to read more from him. This book was funny and detailed the crazy adventure of three teenagers, all while remaining appropriate for a younger audience. I guess it's never really a good day for Voodoo, right?
February 19, 2016
This is a very well written book that deserves a ton of attention from everyone who likes a good book. These days, so many people don't pay enough attention to young adult books. this is the first one book in a series, and this is a first one I read. I very much hope to read more. Jeff Strand is awesome at expressing his characters' feelings. The main character, Tyler Churchill, has a girlfriend named Kelley. You get the feeling that she is a teacher's pet. Tyler's best friend, Adam, Has a skull as hard as the walls of Jericho and couldn't pass a test if his life depended on it.
The book pretty much starts with Adam and Tyler talking about how much they hate their teacher, Mr. Click. Adam goes and gets a voodoo doll for Tyler. ( If you aren't familiar with what voodoo dolls are, there is an old legend that says if you have one and poke it with a pin, whoever the doll is supposed to impersonate then gets a pain in the exact part of he or she's body). All I'm going to say is that is it gets much worse than that.
The book pretty much starts with Adam and Tyler talking about how much they hate their teacher, Mr. Click. Adam goes and gets a voodoo doll for Tyler. ( If you aren't familiar with what voodoo dolls are, there is an old legend that says if you have one and poke it with a pin, whoever the doll is supposed to impersonate then gets a pain in the exact part of he or she's body). All I'm going to say is that is it gets much worse than that.
March 31, 2021
I wish I would have known this was a YA book going in, which may have tempered my extreme disappointment with the effort. I love Strand and his ability to mix humor with horror, but in this book, the humor was corny, way over the top and just not funny, and there was no horror and very few thrills to keep me interested. Each character was more annoying than the next and none of the "villians" were worthy of the title. If you are expecting another Wolf Hunt or Benjamin's Parasite (great mix of humor and horror), you won't find it here. I'll wait anxiously for the next adult Strand book.
May 4, 2015
Jeff Strand is a genuinely funny guy and I was in a mood for a genuinely funny book. Expectations adjusted accordingly for a PG rated sort of entertainment, this was plenty entertaining indeed. Anyone expecting traditional Strand fare might be somewhat disappointed, this is very much a YA novel. Very light reading, but perfectly decent amusing way to spend a couple hours.
November 26, 2018
In het begin vond ik het nog wel een leuk boek, maar naarmate het boek vorderde werd het steeds erger. Het is niet per se dat het een slecht boek was, ik ben er alleen wel achter gekomen dat dit soort boeken niet echt iets voor mij is.
January 21, 2013
I have a new favorite book! I. absolutely loved this one.
November 30, 2014
This is one book you should get if you enjoy comedy, it'll have you in rolling in laughter. Amazing language and some of the lines were so funny I wanted to save them.
July 21, 2014
YA that is just as fun to read for adults. Humor gets funnier & funnier further into the book you get.
January 30, 2018
Mr. Strand never fails to deliver an excellent read. This one was one of his best. I actually laughed out loud several times. Not too gory but still had a bit of creepiness to it. Love his books!!!!
May 26, 2018
Hilarious, absolutely insane and a lot of fun to read.
August 18, 2025
Tyler gets a zero on his history test because the guy behind him copied his answers. His best friend Adam also thinks this was totally unfair. Adam doesn't come up with great ideas, and this time gets a voodoo doll [and makes it Mr. Click] . He gives the doll to Tyler and tells him to give it a try. After Mr. Click dies Adam is worried Tyler is going to turn him into the police so he gets another doll to blackmail Tyler into keeping silent. The Tyler doll gets stolen in a carjacking and that is just the start.
Really fast read. Very campy. Several times Tyler stops the narrative and speaks directly to the reader, lots more humor even with life threatening situations around every corner. There seems to be no end of amoral [or just plain criminal] characters. Tyler, Adam and Kelley encounter several. Fun read, 3.8 stars.
Really fast read. Very campy. Several times Tyler stops the narrative and speaks directly to the reader, lots more humor even with life threatening situations around every corner. There seems to be no end of amoral [or just plain criminal] characters. Tyler, Adam and Kelley encounter several. Fun read, 3.8 stars.
December 25, 2023
I like Strand's writing. He's fun and scary. Creepy and laugh out loud. This book falls into his teen reader market, not the scarier stuff that he writes for adults. But that's ok, because Strand's writing is about real people falling into weird and crazy situations. And because I think Strand hooked my 10 year old on horror. As soon as we finished reading this book together, she immediately had to go to Barnes and Noble and find more Strand. I'm hoping that it sticks. We'll find out.
October 23, 2022
Echt leuk!
August 9, 2024
Was a nice light funny read with only minor limb loss.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 2, 2012
To a sixteen-year-old, not having your own car and having to borrow the family minivan is a plight. Having to confront one of the biggest kids in school over a cheating incident is a plight. But being responsible for one of your teacher’s legs disconnecting from his body in a gory spray of blood and bone because the voodoo doll your semi-psychotic best friend gave you actually works? Yeah… we’re gonna pass “plight” and go directly to full-on freak out of epic proportions.
Such is the situation Tyler Churchill finds himself in when his best friend Adam gives Tyler a voodoo doll of their teacher, Mr. Click, so Tyler can work out his frustration over having been falsely accused of cheating by Click. Not expecting anything to actually happen, but wanting Adam to stop bugging him about it, Tyler jams a pin into Voodoo Click’s left leg only to watch in horror, along with the rest of the class, as Click’s leg meets with the aforementioned gruesome ending.
Already understandably freaked out, Adam goes completely off the deep end when the boys later hear on the news that Click has died while being treated at the hospital. Not from the leg wound, mind you, but from a broken neck. Kinda like how the neck of the voodoo doll broke when Tyler and Adam were fighting over what to do with it. Oops. Despite Tyler’s assurances he has no intention of telling anyone about the doll – who’d believe them anyway? – Adam doesn’t trust him and obtains an insurance policy to ensure Tyler’s silence… a voodoo doll of Tyler, which Adam threatens to use unless Tyler gives him the Click doll.
The two eventually reach a truce and decide to take both dolls back to the place Adam got them so the dolls can be deactivated, or whatever one does to take the voodoo spell off a voodoo doll. A funny thing happens on the way to “And they all lived happily ever after” however. While Tyler, Adam, and Tyler’s girlfriend, Kelley (We needed a non-dumb person involved. Left on our own, Adam and I would just bumble our way right into prison.), are driving to the store their car is jacked, with Voodoo Tyler in the trunk. All that happens in the first 40ish pages of the book, setting the three teens up for the night from Hell – street gangs, a rottweiler, the revenge of Click, cannibals (hey, this does take place in Florida!), less than sympathetic voodoo priestesses, and overbearing parents – as they race to get Voodoo Tyler back before real Tyler meets with a grisly end.
If you’ve ever read a Jeff Strand book you know that the man is without peer when it comes to combining humor and horror. I marvel anew each time at his ability not just to make me laugh and cringe, but to make me actually do both at the same time. Never has disgusting been so entertaining as when brought to life by the mind and pen (ok, he probably uses a word processing program, but “mind and computer” just doesn’t sound as cool) of Strand. And anyone concerned that Strand would overly tone down his trademark style for his first Young Adult novel need not worry; A Bad Day For Voodoo is both gloriously gory and uproariously amusing. (Kudos to the folks at Sourcebooks Fire for not clipping Strand’s wings.)
It’s not all dismemberment and chuckles, however, as Strand does a very nice job of creating three teens whose thought processes and behavior feel very authentic. (Or, you know, as authentic as it can be when dealing with voodoo.) They fight, they make up, they make some good decisions, they make even more bad decisions, they’re sarcastic, they lie to their parents… they act like teenagers. Teenagers for whom it just happens to be A Bad Day For Voodoo.
Such is the situation Tyler Churchill finds himself in when his best friend Adam gives Tyler a voodoo doll of their teacher, Mr. Click, so Tyler can work out his frustration over having been falsely accused of cheating by Click. Not expecting anything to actually happen, but wanting Adam to stop bugging him about it, Tyler jams a pin into Voodoo Click’s left leg only to watch in horror, along with the rest of the class, as Click’s leg meets with the aforementioned gruesome ending.
Already understandably freaked out, Adam goes completely off the deep end when the boys later hear on the news that Click has died while being treated at the hospital. Not from the leg wound, mind you, but from a broken neck. Kinda like how the neck of the voodoo doll broke when Tyler and Adam were fighting over what to do with it. Oops. Despite Tyler’s assurances he has no intention of telling anyone about the doll – who’d believe them anyway? – Adam doesn’t trust him and obtains an insurance policy to ensure Tyler’s silence… a voodoo doll of Tyler, which Adam threatens to use unless Tyler gives him the Click doll.
The two eventually reach a truce and decide to take both dolls back to the place Adam got them so the dolls can be deactivated, or whatever one does to take the voodoo spell off a voodoo doll. A funny thing happens on the way to “And they all lived happily ever after” however. While Tyler, Adam, and Tyler’s girlfriend, Kelley (We needed a non-dumb person involved. Left on our own, Adam and I would just bumble our way right into prison.), are driving to the store their car is jacked, with Voodoo Tyler in the trunk. All that happens in the first 40ish pages of the book, setting the three teens up for the night from Hell – street gangs, a rottweiler, the revenge of Click, cannibals (hey, this does take place in Florida!), less than sympathetic voodoo priestesses, and overbearing parents – as they race to get Voodoo Tyler back before real Tyler meets with a grisly end.
If you’ve ever read a Jeff Strand book you know that the man is without peer when it comes to combining humor and horror. I marvel anew each time at his ability not just to make me laugh and cringe, but to make me actually do both at the same time. Never has disgusting been so entertaining as when brought to life by the mind and pen (ok, he probably uses a word processing program, but “mind and computer” just doesn’t sound as cool) of Strand. And anyone concerned that Strand would overly tone down his trademark style for his first Young Adult novel need not worry; A Bad Day For Voodoo is both gloriously gory and uproariously amusing. (Kudos to the folks at Sourcebooks Fire for not clipping Strand’s wings.)
It’s not all dismemberment and chuckles, however, as Strand does a very nice job of creating three teens whose thought processes and behavior feel very authentic. (Or, you know, as authentic as it can be when dealing with voodoo.) They fight, they make up, they make some good decisions, they make even more bad decisions, they’re sarcastic, they lie to their parents… they act like teenagers. Teenagers for whom it just happens to be A Bad Day For Voodoo.
August 10, 2012
When you went to high school, did you have a teacher that you just didn't like? Actually, hate might be a better word. I know I had one. He was an English teacher, a miserable bastard of an English teacher to be precise. In the case of Jeff Strand's protagonist, Tyler Churchill, he hates his his tenth grade history teacher, Mr. Click. So does Tyler's best friend Adam, to the extent that Adam buys a voodoo doll for Tyler, as a silly act of revenge against their teacher. Just one problem: the voodoo doll is real and is way more powerful than either Tyler or Adam could have dared imagine.
The story movies along at a frenetic pace once the voodoo doll comes into play, as sticking a pin into the doll's leg and then seeing their teacher's leg detach from his body in a violent eruption, sending both boys into a panicked sense of terror and paranoia. How Tyler and Adam each handle the event is like the different between night and day. What ensues is a farcical fright-fest with the boys winding up in possession of a new doll, this one designed to symbolize Tyler, and the outright horror of what might happen to Tyler if anything happens to the doll.
Throw in a cavalcade of crazy characters that the boys encounter during a single night of wild-eyed wandering in hopes of getting the woman who made the doll to take away its powers. Readers no sooner get a sense of how one tension-filled scene might play out, then Jeff concocts a brand new dilemma for the boys to deal with on their fear-fueled romp.
A Bad Day for Voodoo feels like the Corey Haim/Corey Feldman movie that never got made. A bit of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, mixed with Weekend at Bernie's, and some Tales from the Crypt for seasoning. The story is told through Tyler's recounting, which is effective in its humor most of the time, but Jeff gets a bit too playful for my tastes with the literary hijinks in how Tyler tells the story, especially towards the end. The charm of the book comes from the zaniness of the subject matter, and the balance between humor and horror is achieved as only Jeff can do. A fun, fast read for young and old alike, so long as they have a devilishly dark sense of humor.
The story movies along at a frenetic pace once the voodoo doll comes into play, as sticking a pin into the doll's leg and then seeing their teacher's leg detach from his body in a violent eruption, sending both boys into a panicked sense of terror and paranoia. How Tyler and Adam each handle the event is like the different between night and day. What ensues is a farcical fright-fest with the boys winding up in possession of a new doll, this one designed to symbolize Tyler, and the outright horror of what might happen to Tyler if anything happens to the doll.
Throw in a cavalcade of crazy characters that the boys encounter during a single night of wild-eyed wandering in hopes of getting the woman who made the doll to take away its powers. Readers no sooner get a sense of how one tension-filled scene might play out, then Jeff concocts a brand new dilemma for the boys to deal with on their fear-fueled romp.
A Bad Day for Voodoo feels like the Corey Haim/Corey Feldman movie that never got made. A bit of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, mixed with Weekend at Bernie's, and some Tales from the Crypt for seasoning. The story is told through Tyler's recounting, which is effective in its humor most of the time, but Jeff gets a bit too playful for my tastes with the literary hijinks in how Tyler tells the story, especially towards the end. The charm of the book comes from the zaniness of the subject matter, and the balance between humor and horror is achieved as only Jeff can do. A fun, fast read for young and old alike, so long as they have a devilishly dark sense of humor.
May 24, 2013
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This book was absolutely hilarious. I used those little colorful post-it tabs to mark off funny passages and lines throughout the book and by the end there were quite a few of them. This is definitely a fun read and not one to take too seriously.
Voodoo is always an interesting subject but throw in a couple teens and ridiculous shenanigans and it becomes even better. Some of the situations these kids got into had me cracking up. The FAQ's in the very beginning were even funny. And the book even has an intermission in the middle where the author tells you to go read The Hunger Games again. How cool is that?
I did have an issue with this however. The characters weren't too fleshed out and it made it hard to relate to them. They seemed kind of two dimensional to me, but I guess since this book was supposed to be pure humor it's not that big of a deal.
While this book is definitely humorous and is great for some laughs I do warn you against letting younger teens read this. There is a lot of blood and gore and if you aren't into that then this book probably isn't the one for you.
This book was absolutely hilarious. I used those little colorful post-it tabs to mark off funny passages and lines throughout the book and by the end there were quite a few of them. This is definitely a fun read and not one to take too seriously.
Voodoo is always an interesting subject but throw in a couple teens and ridiculous shenanigans and it becomes even better. Some of the situations these kids got into had me cracking up. The FAQ's in the very beginning were even funny. And the book even has an intermission in the middle where the author tells you to go read The Hunger Games again. How cool is that?
I did have an issue with this however. The characters weren't too fleshed out and it made it hard to relate to them. They seemed kind of two dimensional to me, but I guess since this book was supposed to be pure humor it's not that big of a deal.
While this book is definitely humorous and is great for some laughs I do warn you against letting younger teens read this. There is a lot of blood and gore and if you aren't into that then this book probably isn't the one for you.
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