Nathalia Buttface and the Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame Ever

Nathalia Buttface #3

by Nigel Smith (Illustrator), Sarah Horne (Illustrator)

The most embarrassing dad in the world is back in this hilarious series for girls from TV and radio-comedy writing talent, Nigel Smith. When Dad posts an embarrassing video of Nat online as a joke, she's furious. Things are set to get much worse, however, when the video goes viral and she finds herself centre of the nation's attention for all the wrong reasons - even the prime minister is imitating her! But when a local care home for abandoned pets is threatened with closure, Dad convinces Nat to use her new-found celebrity to raise money for it - with him acting as her agent, of course! Cue: a disastrous appearance hair-modelling job, a not-so-glamorous campaign for a local optician and a call to turn on the town's rubbish autumn illuminations (the one with the miserable face off The X-Factor cancelled at the last minute). And as if Nat didn't have enough to deal with, school isn't exactly easy when you're a minor celebrity...

304 pages, Paperback

First published July 2, 2015

Reviews

[Dora Dinçer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nathalia, onu sık sık utandıran sakar babasının ve alay konusu olmasına neden olan saçma soy adının gölgesinden kurtulmak, yaşıtı pek çok kız gibi okulun popüler kızları arasına girmek istemektedir. Arkadaşlarıyla çektiği bir dans videosu internette ilgi görünce, Nat hayal ettiği şöhretin böyle bir şey olmadığını anlayacak, eski sıradan hayatını özlemeye başlayacaktır. Ama okulun en popüler kızı olan Flora Marling'in partisine davet edilmişken ve ünlü markalardan hediyeler alırken, kazara yakalanan şöhretten vazgeçmek kolay değildir. Buna bir de dünyanın en utanç verici babası ile dünyanın en yaramaz çocuğunun Nat'in menajerliğini yapma sevdası eklenince, Nat'in hayatı kendi kontrolünden iyice çıkar... Benim bu kitaba 4 yıldız vermemin nedeni devamı yok yani kitap devam ettirilebilirdi ama ettirilmemiş o yüzden 4 yıldız verdim ama onun dışında çok eğlenceli, komik ve maceralı kesinlikle tavsiye ederim :)

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame is a fictional book written by Nigel Smith in 2015. There are also very humorous illustrations by Sarah Horne. It’s included in a series of Nathalia Buttface books and is about a girl named Nathalia who thinks being a celebrity is the best thing on Earth. When Nathalia gets put on the internet she realises it’s not that nice after all. She doesn’t know she has her very own reality TV show!
The one thing I really love about this book is its message. It tells people that just because you think something would be spectacular, it doesn’t mean it would be. I think it is a great piece of information that people should listen too.
The one and only thing I disliked about The Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame is that it doesn’t mention or include Nathalia’s best friend, Penny Pasnitch. It usually mentions and includes her a lot more in all the other books in the series.
In conclusion, The Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame is a spectacular, humorous book. I rate it 4 and 3 quarters of a star. It would be an amazing book for people grade 2+. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my book review and read The Most Embarrassing Five Minutes of Fame too.

Lillian

[Malaika Opany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very funny.

[Zoe Macaroni · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars
Nat's kinda annoying.

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third book in this hilarious series about a girl with a superembarrassing dad.

Though I have to say that she doesn't always handle stuff right either. Of course that is the goal of the book, to have a little girl overreact to her dad's things. Well, overreact... at times she did overreact, but generally I was totally agreeing with her on her dad. The things he does, the plans he makes. I do wonder about his brains at times. Not even thinking that something like that would be embarrassing to people, not even thinking about the consequences, but instead just doing what he thinks is good.

But in this one we also see a side of Nathalia I didn't like. I don't mind her being embarrassed, I love the punishments she gives her dad, I love how she tries to fit in, but the whole fame thing? I just wanted to shake that girl and get her back to her senses. At first she just did it for normal(ish) reasons, but that quickly changed and you saw that she changed to a fairly normal girl, to one with so much fame on her brain that it made her annoying.
Her friend Penny tried to tell her and show her that something wasn't right, but instead Nathalia waved her away and acted like Penny was the one being at fault. Instead Nathalia just plainly dumped Penny and went off with the popular crowd. A crowd she didn't even like that much, well, only for the obvious reason of climbing the social ladder.

Nathalia's way to fame was funny, really, nothing goes right. But, again, that is to be expected when you trust on Darius and your dad. Knowing full well how those 2 are, especially together. The one one who can handle those 2 is Nathalia's mom.

While she isn't around much, I really liked Nathalia's mom. I love how she can just glare at people and people will do whatever she wants. :) It is amazing.

There were lots of funny moments, and there is also a lesson that can be learned in this book. Don't let fame get to your head. See what is beyond that.

The animal house sounded like a place from hell. Especially with Simba around. But it fitted with Darius who was right at home. Poor Darius though, his family situation just sucks, and I can imagine why he ended up being the way he is now.

All in all, I am hoping there will be more books in this series, as I don't want this one to end. It is a fun series, and while at times a bit predictable, it is a series I will keep following. And I would recommend it to everyone.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/