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The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
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That's right, and Mr. Wolf is sick of being a bad guy. He's through with it, and he's taking you, along with a few of his buddies (Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark and Mr. Piranha) along with him on the path of goodness. Sure, they may be scary, but they'll be nice guys whether you like it or not.



I recently took my daughter to see the movie The Bad Guys and she absolutely loved it. Now, my daughter is four and as anyone who has ever interacted with a child of that age can vouch for me, if they love something, they obsess over it. They'll randomly start talking about it, pretend to be one of the characters at random and expect you to follow along and overall just want more of it.

Seeing a copy of the first book I decided to give it a shot and see if this helped ease some of the desire to watch the movie every five minutes.

Now the book is a little different from the film as it has less of the characters (possibly introduced in a latter book?), different designs and starts with them already on the path to goodness. Still, many of the jokes are the same and it very much has the same sense of humor. The book is cute and a great read for younger children, seeing these obvious "bad guys" trying so hard to be good.

Plus, the book/movie have some obvious nods to things like Reservoir Dogs and heist movies, and as someone who loves the crime genre in cinema, I personally find that great. 4/5 stars
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Finished Reading
May 14, 2022 – Shelved
May 14, 2022 – Shelved as: my-daughter-s-books
May 14, 2022 – Shelved as: reviewed

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message 1: by Goatllama (new)

Goatllama Are the crime genre nods well done? One of the things that drives me nuts about the 'tiny titans' series (as an example of doing this poorly) is the constant stream of obtuse, shoe-horned references to things I highly doubt the target audience cares about.


message 2: by Tim (new) - rated it 4 stars

Tim They're subtle nods, probably will go over most kids heads. The film honestly does it a little better in how some of its shots imitate scenes from Pulp Fiction for example.


message 3: by minutes (new)

minutes Chicken.


Bradley Davis Agreed


Laura Krenz My husband and I watched the movie w/o our 4 year old son because we thought he might be too young for it. The first few chapters of this book kept his attention, which was exciting for us because he hasn't been into reading lately. Like I said the first few chapters kept his attention and then he literally wandered away, never to come back to it ☹️ so I finished it.


Tyler hey


LKASI This book is amazing. I love the story. There were some scenes which had me Laughing so hard, my cheeks hurt. I love this series more than any other series like captain underpants. I challange anyone to not laugh while reading this.


Mr Kaan N Finney Such a good book. Even for 12 or even 14 year olds. Plus the movie is hilarious . Litteraly a dressed up wolf in a granny suit and a parhrana letting the wolf get hit by a car or bus i cant remember? now i never regret it. Book & movie


message 10: by Mr Kaan N Finney (new)

Mr Kaan N Finney Awsome book it is.


message 11: by Mr Kaan N Finney (new)

Mr Kaan N Finney great and sweeet


message 12: by Mr Kaan N Finney (new)

Mr Kaan N Finney its a really good book but i gotta say if you havent watched the movie... WATCH IT NOW!


message 13: by Mr Kaan N Finney (new)

Mr Kaan N Finney i never regret watching and reading the book BAD GUYS


message 14: by Mr Kaan N Finney (new)

Mr Kaan N Finney 12345678910
I give it a 100 / 10. its amazing


message 15: by Mr Kaan N Finney (new)

Mr Kaan N Finney story is perfected movie is 100% perfected


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