Andy Riley

Advantages: Dark humour
Disadvantages: Not for the really young

...Andy Riley is a man of amazing imagination with a cruel twist. However with four best-selling books under his belt all laced with black humour (something serious given a funny twist) he must be doing something right. Long ago my fiancee nicknamed me bunny. A cute and cuddly name which seemed to stick. I already own two of his books 'The book of bunny suicides' and 'Great lies to tell small kids' so when I passed 'Return of the bunny suicides' with my new nickname I couldn't resist. The concept of the book is simple. For a reason which is never made clear (maybe they ran out of carrots) bunnies are having a serious crisis. The bunny suicide hotline has failed them and they are all on the journey to the next life. Sounds cruel right? Yet for some reason which is endearing to Andy he manages to make you smile, giggle or burst... Read review

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Advantages: Funny, amusing, entertaining
Disadvantages: Doesn't take long to read, about death

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Advantages: Teaches kids no matter what,things will be alright in the end
Disadvantages: Upsetting

...About a 10 year old girl called Andy whose parents split up because her dad had a affair. Andy's mum lives with her bloke and his 3 kids, Paula, Graham and Katie. Andy and Katie do not get on and Katie is often nasty to her. Andys dad lives with the woman he had an affair with and her two kids Zen and Crystal who Andy is quite jealous of as she feels they took her dad. Andy lives with both parents, one week at her dads and the next at ther mums and finds it hard to-ing and fro-ing around and just wants her parents to get back together. Her only real friend is her toy rabbit called Radish who she loses and after much teasing from her step-sister she runs away to look for Radish in the middle of the night. After this event things start looking up for Andy and she starts finding things easier and she learns to cope with her situation... Read review

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