Clownbound: Take Me to the Circuits

by Seán Dalton, Sean Kelly

What name springs to mind when you hear the words: hero, athlete, and clown? That's right, Timmy Tim Tim Thompson from Yugoslavia. Born into a drastically poor and abusive family, Timmy had no choice but to fend for himself. Through a series of not so fortunate events (copyright), he found his way into Clownhood.

The circus is at war once again and it is up to Timmy to help the Clowns defeat the Magicians. On his journey he meets new friends, foes and the love of his life. The question is: will this clown be able to juggle his ego, his purpose and his desire to win gold at the 1997 Circus Olympics?

131 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2018

About the author

Ah yeah, books

Reviews

[Jeaic O Cuimin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great entry into the comedy genre, a great mixture of wit, and anti-humour to subvert your expectations. I wasn't sure how exactly the humour would work in such a bleak setting, but this is a book all about contrasts, and will catch you off-guard. The writing is a little clunky at times, but the comedic delivery and timing ensures that this won't be an issue

[Zakcya Gillens · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can deal with weird books but somehow I wasn’t prepared for the type of weird this one presented. Rather than playing by the rules of their own universe they kept making things up and throwing stuff in which definitely succeeded in making it an acid trip from start to finish but not in making it coherent.

Granted, you can’t say it wasn’t interesting or action-packed; I kept waiting for them to bs some sort of back-from-the-dead scheme to bring Hybrid back which never happened. Instead, we got the ‘it was all a dream’ trope and a really disappointing ending (I was so sad that the entire novel worked up to some last line pun based off the name).

Also, never in my entire life have I seen a novel with this many references. One is poignant, two is a theme, but fifty billion seems excessive.