بلارت: پسری که با گاو به دریا زد

Blart #3

by Dominic Barker, Frédéric Pillot (Illustrator), مسعود ملک‌یاری (Translator)

‫جست‌وجوگران قصه‌ی ما مدتی را کت‌بسته در زیر عرشه‌ی کشتی ساطور خونین به سر بردند تا صدای قدم‌های سنگین بابل را در حال پایین‌آمدن از پله‌ها شنیدند. ریخت‌وقیافه‌اش آدم را زهره‌ترک می‌کرد؛ عرض و طولش یکی بود و روی کله‌ی طاسش گله‌به‌گله جای زخم و شکستگی دیده می‌شد. ناف به بالایش را با خال‌کوبی فرش کرده بود؛ پری دریایی روی یک بازو و کوسه روی بازوی دیگر. نقش یک گنجینه بر پشت و طرح یک شمشیر هلالی که خون ازش می‌‌چکید، زیر سینه‌اش.

Genres: Fantasy, Comedy

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Dominic Barker was born in Southport in 1966. He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in English and then spent two years as part of a comedy double act before deciding to become a teacher. He currently lives in Barcelona.

Reviews

[Jay Fox · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's that time of year again, the time where the Blart bells chime and everyone thinks about pigs...

Now that I've completed Blart, I feel as though I can say that Blart 2 is clearly Dom's finest. Blart 3 is fine, compared at least to Blart 1 which was pretty dire.

Alas, Blart 4 never came to fruition so my quest is over...and I shall never Blart again.

[Paul Hardman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Childhood nostalgia doesn't always hold up

[Madeleine Reed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as the previous two books, but still deeply enjoyable

[Meo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third and (to date) final novel chronicling the adventures of the ignoble, unheroic pig-boy, Blart, who is forced to set sail on yet another quest, this time to rescue his wife, the rather horrible Princess Lois of Illyria. His adventures take in a storm, pirates, imprisonment for littering a beach (when his ship runs aground on it!) and trolls who decide to worship him. The climax of the novel subverts a well-known myth to comic effect and leaves our heroes facing certain death (of one sort or another). Probably the best of the three, with a freshness of plot and maturity to the writing which avoids some of the pitfalls observed in the earlier books. All three stories are great for able readers of ten and up, or a fun end to the day for a parent reading to littler ones.

[Zainab · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was funny but not as good as the first two

[Mohamed]

Love it

[Oumeima · Rating 5 out of 5]

AWESOME!!!! But I feel like there is something missing at the end...

[Jules · Rating 5 out of 5]

the references to greek mythology 😭😭

[Knjiznica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zadnji del trilogije, kjer se stvari postavijo na pravo mesto :)