MUFFIN TOP: This Book is PHAT !

by Andrew Daddo

Once you′ve read Andrew Daddo′s new novel, you′ll realise what a top family you′ve got!

Unless, like Ash and Kylie, you′ve got a mum who′s a total embarrassment. She′s into health food and exercise and deep inner work. And unless your dad′s big on saying no to everything before realising he should have said yes.

And you get dragged along, because everything they tell you sounds too good to be true. That usually means it is. And you end in up in a health farm run by a-

But that would never happen to you, because your family′s tops.

Right?

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Born Andrew Dugald Daddo with twin James Beilby. School included "broken arms and fingers, scrapes and scratches, girlfriends, hot chips and a football team that refused to win a premiership." Careers included radio, TV - DVDs for GlobeTrekker. "He has written books for all ages – picture books, chapter books, short story collections, young adult novels and adult non-fiction." He "lives on Sydney’s Northern Beaches with" .. seven others "if you include our chicken Spite and thirteen if you include those pesky Indian Miner Birds who sneak in the crack in the window to eat what Spud the Dog, Felix, Bibi or Jasper (our kids) or Jacquie (my wife) leave lying around." https://www.facebook.com/andrew.daddo.16

Reviews

[Gabby · Rating 2 out of 5]

*There may be spoilers in this review, but big ones will be marked*

I was thinking of giving this book a 2.5 rating, but I'm not quite sure. This is my first novel from Andrew Daddo, and I'm not really impressed. I did not like Ash's mum one bit and if it was me I would not have listened to her or gone to the stupid health farm run by someone just as irresponsible and stupid and childish as Ash's mum. She was horrible and I could not stand her one bit. She's a bully and Ash should have stood up to her and left when he could. <--- those were the main reasons I didn't really enjoy the book. (And did anyone else think that Ash was a girl? The cover confused me a lot because when I got the book I *facepalm* thought it was a girl on the front cover. But now I can totally see how I was wrong.)
I'm now currently reading one of Andrews other books (Youse Two) And I have to say it's much better so far than this one. Of course this is just my opinion and I'm sure there are other people who enjoyed this book.

And in the description of this book it says "And unless your dad′s big on saying no to everything before realising he should have said yes." I don't think there was any evidence of this in the book and if there was then I missed it :/

I'm sorry I couldn't have enjoyed this book more.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muffin top was an interesting, light read, with quite a few laugh-out loud moments. However, I thought the main character, Ashton, acted a little older than his actual age which happens to be eleven . Also, the book focuses heavily on how over-weight the Limpid family is, when at the end, we discover that they aren't really all that big at all. If it weren't for the passages and pages in which I laughed quite a bit, I would have given this book 2 stars. Overall, this book was an interesting, light read with a few laughs that looks at body image, family dynamics and overall wellbeing aimed at a somewhat juvenile audience.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book!

[Melinda Howard · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just not my cup of tea I guess..... Didn't like the fat-shaming.