Disney/Pixar Inside Out 2: All in the Mind

by Meredith Rusu

Based on Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2 , this humorous and charming middle grade novel retells and expands upon the film!

Get ready for another emotional rollercoaster with Riley and all her Emotions! This story takes a deep dive into Riley's mind, exploring characters—both familiar and new—along with their exciting adventures.

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Genres: Childrens

256 pages, Hardcover

First published May 28, 2024

About the author

Meredith Rusu lives in New Jersey with her husband and two young sons. She is the author of more than one hundred children’s books, notably There’s a Yeti in my Tummy (the first picture book in the Mighty Moods series), Anna, Elsa, and the Enchanting Holiday, Silenzio, Bruno!, and The DATA Set series under the name Ada Hopper. She has also written for many popular licenses including LEGO, Disney/Pixar, Peppa Pig, and Star Wars. When she isn’t writing, Meredith enjoys singing karaoke, spending time with family, and going on the occasional adventure or two.

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was just as amazing as the movie. I loved that it gave details to how Riley met Bree and Grace, and even her birthday party. It showed that Riley actually asked her parents about going to skills camp. All in the mind has a good lesson. You should definitely read it weather you have seen the movie or not.

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book started off really accurate. It added a few scenes which were welcomed. It detailed things and gave more context for other things.

However once we got to the part near the end where the emotions are at the back of the mind... Things changed. They changed for seemingly no reason.

The ending of the movie is my favorite part. So when they changed things like the cliff getting pushed off instead of blown up (which they even mention "this would have been easier with dynamite") I was a little confused.

But then the original sense of self shatters when the tube breaks. Joy knows she wants to return all the memories, no hesitation, which is why she pulls (?) the cliff (it was precarious, they used a rope.) NOT to bring the sense of self back (which they never bring up after it shattered).

I don't remember what happened to Anxiety's created sense of self. After Joy gets Anxiety out of her attack, it immediately settles down. No one is trying to remove any sense of self, Joy just accepts the new one. The original emotions didn't even hear Riley go "I'm not good enough" I don't even think they realized there was a new sense of self. If it was there, I missed it, but it didn't seem to matter.

Anyways. The book was fun otherwise and my daughter loved it. But we were both just left really confused by the ending. She is staring at me writing this, she wants her thoughts to be known.

[jess]

"joy, riley wants you" and what if i CHOKE!!!!!!!!

exactly the same as the movie except no nostalgia cameo

[Jarrod · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holds true to the Pixar film