The Notion Potion

Moone Boy #3

by Chris O'Dowd, Nick Vincent Murphy

"Martin Moone is about to finish primary school and feels he hasn’t achieved very much. He’s desperate to get his picture on the school’s Winners' Wall and decides that entering the Invention Convention science competition will definitely earn him everlasting respect. But Martin - along with his teammates Trevor, Padraic and the ever terrifying Declan Mannion - is having trouble coming up with a winning idea.

Martin’s imaginary friend, Sean, comes to the rescue, and together they concoct a plan to beat the snooty kids from the posh school in town. If they can get their hands on some Notion Potion, a mythical brain-boosting beverage, then Martin will have all the ideas he needs. And so the gang embarks on a dangerous (imaginary) journey in their quest to become 'Boyle’s first Junior Genius'.

The Notion Potion is the hilarious third book in the Moone Boy series, based on the Sky TV series from dream team Chris O'Dowd and Nick Vincent Murphy"

329 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Christopher O'Dowd is an Irish actor, best known for comedic roles such as Miles Daly in the Epix comedy series Get Shorty and Roy Trenneman in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd. O'Dowd created and starred in the Sky 1 television series Moone Boy, which aired between 2012 and 2015.He co-wrote a series based on his childhood called Moone Boy for Sky 1. Segments of the series are filmed in his hometown, Boyle. A book based on the series and also co-written by O'Dowd, Moone Boy: The Blunder Years, was published in May 2015. He had a recurring role on the comedy-drama series Girls.

O'Dowd is also known for his film roles, most notably Bridesmaids (2011), This Is 40 (2012), The Sapphires (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Calvary (2014), and St. Vincent (2014). He made his Broadway debut in the play adaptation of Of Mice and Men in 2014, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.

Reviews

[miha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hehe, nove trapaste dogodivščine, obisk v traktorskem muzeju, tekmovanje v butanju krompirjevih vreč, in namišljeni napoj idej (ki to sploh ni bil) ki je povzročil nastanekbriljantnega izzuma - banje v kateri se lahko kopaš v svoji najljubši hrani, haha. In s tem izumom so bli na velikem znanstvenem tekmovanju v Dublinu razglašeni kot, "sodelujoči".
Konec pa je bil tud v seriji, kako so se veselili konca šole, potem pa Martina obrne in mu je hudo, k zapušča svoj ljubi razred in svojo ljubo šolo :) heh

[Grace Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has all the humor, antics and Irish mischief that the previous two books had. Moone Boy books always cheer me up and make me laugh aloud.

Martin Moone still being overrun by females and their achievements. He is tired of being known as, "a loser", and is determined to be a doer with this in mind he has decided to organise a team of the best minds that he knows. Slim pickings! However he gets his team together and will now enter 'The Science Competition' in Ireland.

[Una · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good, but nothing too special. The wonky kind of freaked me out in the pictures and description…
But all in all, it was a mid read. Not too good, not too bad. Bad: who wants to read about the failure of a 12 year old boy who has a sister who makes jewellery out of rubbish?
Good: Funny and unexpected. ( I didn’t read the first two books from the series) 2.5*

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Considering I laughed to the point of crying on more than one occasion, I’m giving this one all the stars. Punny and so much fun, I’m sad that this seems to be the end of the series.

10 stars from the 12yo, even though I explained the scale stopped at five.

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This whole series is laugh out loud funny.

[Tom Moloney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would of given it 5 stars if they didn't make fun of Ireland but otherwise a very good book