Meet the Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people. This family of upper-class twits lives in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. When their home comes under threat, they must embark on a series of comic misadventures to save it.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
David Walliams is an actor and writer best known for his work with Matt Lucas in the multi-award-winning sketch show Little Britain. His debut children's novel, The Boy in the Dress, was published in 2008 to unanimous critical acclaim and he has since developed a reputation as a natural successor to Roald Dahl.
2⭐ Kinda disappointed, David Walliams books are normally much better and a page turner. I struggled to get into it and when I did, it was far from a page turner. Felt like I was forcing myself to read it :/
I used to really enjoy David Walliams books, they had a good story with heart and humour mixed in... This book was absolutely terrible, it reads like he had a deadline to meet and just lazily through this book together. We as a family decided not to finish, it was too idiotic to enjoy.
As a huge David Walliams fan, I was determined to get this book in my hands as soon as possible, and, it did not disappoint. BY A MILE. This book was hilarious, and the stupidity of the characters triggered me so much, it was a delight to read.
I like how, on a daily basis, the Blunders are foolish, and cause plenty of destruction, but, when something is at stake (except for their furniture!), they will become a formidable team and get rid of anything that is even a small threat to the family.
The Blunders are a family that does everything wrong. The wrong invention, the wrong scam, the wrong everything.
The jokes are mostly physical ones like the ostrich running into people.
Mr Blunder is borrowing money from the bank to finance his new useless invention. He lost the house.
Call Loan is one thing. No one does that in a month.
Anyway, they are trying to come up with money to pay back the loan.
That's a venture capital story that missed the opportunities.
Venture capital bet on small businesses that could make it in the big world. Once it is done, it would give the funder a lot of money in return. It is more complicated than that. But for children's books, that would do.
Now to borrow money using the only asset, the house, is a big risk. One does not do this unless the assurance of good return or a secondary income.
Most new businesses fail because either they do not have good products, or there is no market for such products, or there is a disconnect that makes it difficult for the right customers to find this product.
Marketing is supposed to be a key to bridging the gap. But marketing for new business is more saturated with lies than most. Established brands also lie, but not as much because of the potential monetary loss for a bad reputation.
Anyway, I do not like the Blunders. They have money not because they worked hard, it is because their parents or grandparents worked hard. Now they do not use this resource to make something of themselves and waste the money away.
The bank manager is made out to be the bad guy.
They are all at fault for losing the house. Even if the bank manager gives them more time, it is not likely they could gain back the money.
So it is not a good story except for a few funny bits.
This one is an unfinished one unfortunately, I really have started to find walliams books to be lazily written. Firstly most of William's books are filled with lists of things and too many sound effects as a way to fill up pages. The stories are uninspiring and unimaginative.
I loved Gangsta granny, gangsta granny strikes again, the midnight gang, the boy in the dress and Blob. These books were my favourites because they were well written and imaginative, there was some warmth to the characters and plot. The boy in the dress meant a lot to me the most personally.
I now unfortunately find walliams books have lost the magic they once had and they don't feel like a worthy read just something walliams does to make easy cash.
IMO... the worst book he's ever written. There is no real storyline, and basically, the same thing happens in every chapter. I'm sadly disappointed in this one.
Wallliams sin Familien Blunder er egentlig veldig tegneserieaktig, og inneholder mye humor, ødeleggelse, mange blundere, illustrasjoner, og mye mer. Ellers syns jeg den er litt rotete og masete, men den burde passe barna i målgruppen helt perfekt.
His first few books were good and had a story. However his last few have just been a mash up of sound effects and illustrations. 370+ pages without one having a good plot.
I’ve enjoyed many of David Walliams’ books, but this one just missed the spot for me.
I presume this was written to be read aloud for much younger children than the other books like “Gangsta Granny” and “The Beast of Buckingham Palace” that were raucously funny and yet poignant.
This one unfortunately just had a lot of silly chaos and mindless destruction as the titular Blunder family bungle their attempts to save their house from being turned into a borstal by an evil man from the bank. I suppose it was meant to be read aloud to young children who might enjoy the explosive sounds the words made.
For a writer of Walliams’ stature, this one felt totally pointless and terribly disappointing.
This is probably the silliest, most ridiculous David Walliams book I've read so far. It was hilarious. A good laugh! The illustrations were fun as always.
This was a very good book although it was a bit short because it didn’t have much words in it but if it was a bit longer and had a bit more words in it I think it would be a definite five stars but I was very close to having five stars although it was just a bit short and I enjoyed it so much and it took me four days to complete and I think people around the age of 8 to 7 would love this book and think it’s a really good book or if you want a relaxing book this is the book for you!
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Once upon a time in a country far, far away…. Oops, sorry. That was a blunder. Let’s try again.
Shortly before World War II Blunder Hall, an English country house, was on the verge of collapse. Lord Bertie Blunder’s affinity for outrageous inventions has bankrupted the estate that had been the pride of the family for generations. The nasty man from the bank has an evil plan to seize Blunder Hall, and Bertie has little time to save his heritage.
Fortunately, he is not alone. Right by his side is Lady Betty Blunder. Perpetually dressed in showjumping outfits, donning a riding crop, she is ready for battle on her trusty steed, Pegasus. The fact that Pegasus is an imaginary horse, is a slight inconvenience, though. Their two children, Bunny, and Brutus are also prepared to join the battle, when they are not battling each other. Their secret weapon is old Lady Blunder. She may be in her eighties, but she regards her beloved blunderbuss as an extension of herself and believes that all problems can be solved by shooting at them. And do not disregard the value added by Butler the butler; Cedric the pet ostrich who specializes in bottom pecking, and the Baroness, a battered Rolls-Royce propelled by pedals.
Their desperate efforts to save Blunder Hall from foreclosure include a concert with home-made musical instruments, selling themselves off as antiques, entering the village’s marrow-growing competition with a fake marrow, masquerading as a tourist destination, a circus, and a haunted house, and leads to an inhouse flood, an altercation with Vikings, and a new take on playing snakes and ladders.
As always, Walliams’ comedy with heart, in combination with illustrations by Adam Stower, is both entertaining and hilarious, perfect reading material for readers of eight years and older.
“Sir, perhaps you could get all the Blunders together to see if anyone can think of a plan?”
Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people. This family of upper-class twits lives in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. When their home comes under threat, they must embark on a series of comic misadventures to save it.
I love how they are the clumsiest, craziest people who multiply their problems simply by putting their heads together. Even so, one can’t help but feel the warmth of home and family when they act on their silliest ideas with the sole focus of saving Blunder Hall.
Instead of the usual illustrated novel I was expecting, The Blunders is written as ten short stories. Each of these is an elaborate account of the Blunder Family’s carnival of calamities as they race to save their home.
Adam Stower’s illustrations have become my most favourite among David Walliams’ books. With the Blunder Family, he makes each of the characters seem as if I’m watching an animation. I especially loved how they can look like aristocrats from the 1900s while still dressed as paupers. And that bow-tie on Cedric is delightfully charming, no matter how ill-mannered an ostrich he may be.
A lesson that even when everything is going wrong, there’s always something right, this novel is witty, riotous and absurdly entertaining. You’ll be willing to appreciate the mayhem in your family a little more after reading this.
Er du klar til en mega sjov og uforudsigelig bog , som helt sikkert vil få dig til at grine igen og igen .
Så skulle du tage og læse Familien Flummergøj af David Walliams fra forlaget HarperCollins .
Mai og Rikke har i den sidste tid læst den fede bog , og vi har bare nydt historien om en skør familie , som kommer på ufattelige mange tissede ideer for at redde deres families gods , som er i fare for at blive overtaget af banken
. Vi har tidligere læst flere bøger -“af David Walliams og vi har hver gang nydt den humoristiske og gakkede til gang, som han har til historier .
Så vi var spændt på om også denne historie kunne fange os . Der er ingen tvivl om, at den helt sikkert kunne fange os .
Mai var vild med bogen , og hun er vild med illustrationerne i bogen. De gør bare læseoplevelsen federe og får en til at grine og vende side efter side . Hendes ynglings karakterer var Butler , Klaus og strudsen . Vi kan virkelig anbefale bogen , den vil være perfekt læsning til sommerferien . Det her er en bog , som skabte masser af grin, læseglæde, læselyst og skønnestunder for Mai . Den får hendes varmeste anbefale ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️/5
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The Blunders is a delightful, highly-readable, illustrated adventure by David Walliams — one of this household’s favourite authors in the 7-9er years.
“The Blunders are the most blundersome family in the blundering history of blunderdom.
They live in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. It has been the family seat for hundreds of years, in the heart of the English countryside.”
Lord Bertie Blunder is 5,268th in line for the throne. “Bertie just needs 5,267 posh people to drop down dead and he will be KING!”
But no, for Bertie is an inventor, just not a very good one. He wagers his invention of the uni-shoe (one shoe that fits both feet 🧐🤔) for a bank loan against his house, when egged on by The Man from The Bank. Of course he loses it (both the money and the house).
A CARNIVAL OF CALAMITIES! Think grand piano on pulleys (not-so-grand after all), exploding baked beans, Victorian-age knickers, chandeliers and…a one-way ticket to NYC?!
Preposterous, and highly entertaining. Very young, and reluctant readers will enjoy this, but more accomplished middle graders will enjoy Walliams’ word play throughout the book.
OK. Let's just say this. There is silly and then there is silly. I like a bit of silly but The Blunders by David Walliams. I'm not saying there isn't a market out there for this slap stick, outlandish kind of silly, especially little ones... who will enjoy fart jokes and slap stick balderdashery. I have enjoyed other of Walliams' work, especially Robodog and Spaceboy, which were sweet children's stories. But I'll leave the Blunders to the kids.
After 100 pages of trying to see how the Blunder family and their pet ostrich will solve their financial problems and save their home, Blunder Mansion, I finally had to give up. My brain was turning to mush and I was starting to have very strange dreams... LOL. Anyway, please check it out, don't go by what I've said in this case. Enjoy. DNF / NR
I'm not a child (I'm 16) so I don't think it's fair for me to judge this book. However I did think that the storyline wasn't that great. I wasn't a fan of the characters, and like 1/4 of the book was just made up words or fart sounds(I get that's funny to kids) which is fun at first but not exactly fun when it's every other word. I don't know if its just not a great book or if I'm just way too old to be reading this which is why I've decided this is my last book of his I'll be reading.
David Walliams books were some of the first few books I ever read the whole way through and thoroughly enjoyed when I was little. He was one of the authors that got me into reading and it's sad to know I've grown up too much to enjoy his books.
I read this with my 12yo; we take it in turns to choose a book and this was his choice! We've read quite a few David Walliams books now and I can't say this was one of my favourites.
I didn't really care for the Blunder family or what happened in the end - I just thought they were a bit silly and Bertram was a bit of a fool! Old Lady Blunder and Cedric the Ostrich did make me chuckle though!
The amount of mishaps they had I started wishing they'd just get on with it and give up as it was dragging by the middle 😂
I do enjoy Tony Ross' illustrations though, he always brings life, imagery, and character to the stories and makes them enjoyable.
oh no! hubby bought me this as a Tuesday gift and I was so excited to read it. Boy in the Dress, Grandpa's Great Escape, Gangsta Granny etc were all brilliant. unread them as an adult and I was glad there was something new like this ready for my kids when they were older. but this was horrible.
some thing(s) I liked: ✅quick read
some thing(s), not so much: ⭕too many made up words that didn't even really fit what they were trying to describe ⭕relied heavily on grossness/ potty humour which is not my favourite ⭕the absurdity that I found charming in his earlier works just went way too far in this one.
I fear this will be the last I read of Williams stuff.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
I've read several David Walliams books with my 10 year old son, and although I try to force myself to like them because, you know, it's David Walliams, I really don't like his books. The Blunders is just confirmation of this. It was so ridiculous I'm sure the book could be halved in size if it wasn't for all the 'squawk's and 'mamamama's and 'papapapapa's.
It's almost as if he's just trying to get his word count up.
Whoever tries to compare David Walliams books to Roald Dahl is completely bonkers. I will be avoiding them from now on. The storyline is rubbish and so predictable.
This isn’t one of the best books I have read by David Williams. It lacked so much for me the pacing of the book was so slow and most of the book was so boring. I didn’t really enjoy the characters in this book at all. This book is about the silliest family ever and how they fail at most things they do in life. The ostrich for a pet was so stupid and so unrealistic. The illustrations in this book were good but not the best in my opinion. I did found a few things funny but that’s it. I overall wasn’t impressed with this story at all. Xxx
This book was crazy 🤪 because it had a hippo running into blunders halls and had a circus tent 🎪 not this tent, a person's clothes tent, and after bunny pulls it, the tent collapsed on the ground. The blunders halls were horrible, and the 67 bullet was shot & and 98 bulet was shot at a hippo it was trying to get tamed. The lesson i learned was crazy. After all, that crazy thing it turned into good things.But there is way more to learen in this book. If you thought it was funny 😁 😂 leave a reveiw on this book.