Adventure Time: Hero Time with Finn and Jake: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Genuine Legend

by Brandon T. Snider

In this ultimate guide to the lives Finn the Human and Jake the Dog, Adventure Time 's most epic duo provides all the instructions needed to rescue princesses, explore deadly dungeons, and save the world from unspeakable evil.

When grass ogres, Nightosphere demons, and hooligans threaten the helpless citizens of Ooo, Finn the Human and Jake the Dog are on the scene to defeat evil and school the world on the art of coming to the rescue. Now Ooo’s most epic duo has written the ultimate guidebook to rescuing princesses, exploring deadly dungeons, and performing other generally heroic deeds. Passed back and forth between Finn and Jake during their adventures, this battle-scarred notebook also contains commentary from Princess Bubblegum, Marceline, BMO, and other inhabitants of the Land of Ooo. Chock full of removable items such as an ultimate Wizard Battle poster, BMO’s Wheel of Heroic Deeds, and other carefully preserved artifacts, Hero Time by Finn and Jake is the last word on saving the world from unspeakable evil.

TM & © Cartoon Network (s15)

64 pages, Hardcover

First published October 13, 2015

Reviews

[☼Bookish in Virginia☼ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Parents who purchased "The Power of Four (Tenkai Knights)", which is at the 3rd Grade level, should know that this book is written at a much higher level. And there is lots of dense text.

Fun stuff includes an insert of cards, a poster at the back! (which my kids are currently fighting over) and Bemo 'turn wheel' and spiral pop out Lady Rainicorn.

THOUGHTS
This book is larger than I was expecting. I guess in the back of my mind I had the Scholastic Press books imagined and this book is much larger, which is really nice. It's a hard back with good paper and lots of graphic elements.

Given the small font and the large amount of text in places I'm going to say that this book is intended for 6th (possibly 5th) graders on up. Younger children can certainly enjoy the images and the shorter bits of text within boxes so I wouldn't not get this book for fans. Just wanted to give you a heads up as to fact that this isn't a cakewalk and there is stuff that older kids will like. I have a high schooler and she snuck off with this volume to enjoy in her teencave.

FINAL THOUGHTS
The kids thought it was entertaining. I thought it was dense and not that interesting.

~review copy

[Cosima · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to be okay but not nearly as funny as I expected.

Pros:
-Pretty, glossy illustrations
-3D pictures
-Good quality materials and binding

Cons:
-Pretty much everything else. The material is... not funny. It tries too hard to be quirky and cutesy and sarcastic. It doesn't succeed most of the time. This may be more of a critique of the actual show, but I have nothing to compare this book to in order to confirm how close the two are.

Fans of the show may find the material more entertaining than I did. It's definitely what I'd call a niche kind of humor.

*Free copy provided by publisher.

[Alana Godfrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I probably needed to read this when i was a kid...it still stands though

[Ukaleq · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointed:(