I won’t go after the violence because unlike sex it can have just causes.

It’s a very sacred topic and shouldn’t be randomly thrown in a book as a gag for a few cheap laughs. When I thought things couldn’t get any worse Conner makes a reference to the, “Birds and Bees Talk.” This is a very delicate matter that no twelve year old should be hearing about, unless it’s from their parents. Little boys and girls don’t need to be thinking about that sort of thing. Alright, now for someone older I could let that fly, maybe like a 15 or 17 year old, but not a 12 year old. Yet, to my surprise it was nothing of the sort and I think it’s the stupidest thing I have ever read, or will read.įor starters the main character Conner makes a joke about their Mother’s uterus as if it was perfectly appropriate. I recently picked up this book thinking I would somewhat enjoy a silly kids story. The stories would still be awesome without it! I still love Chris Colfer, and I would give these books 5 stars if he removed these little snippets of darkness that permeate the plotlines. It's just never been presented with as much gore and brutality as is found in these books. The fairy tales are classic, and obviously had a lot of disturbing material in them as well. So just know these things before allowing your child to read the books. A lot of talk about bodies, corpses, death. At one point an entire herd of helpful unicorns are killed by the dragon. There is a lot of talk about various means of execution- being burned alive, beheaded, etc. Some children have a hard time with these sorts of events. As they moan and cry out in agony, the reader realizes that the General did this so they couldn't run away from the dragon, 'the camp heard the colonel and captain scream as they were eaten alive.' Beloved characters ARE killed off, know this. The implied sexual references and occasional swears do not bother me as much as scenes like this one from chapter 26: The General Marquis shoots two men in the foot with his pistol.

Just because a kid CAN read these books does not mean that they SHOULD.

She is in the 3rd grade, but reads at a 5th-grade level and some of her friends had read this series already. I love Chris Colfer and was excited to share him with my daughter. As a parent, a former educator, and therapist, I have real concerns about this series, and about this book in particular.

The land of stories a grimm warning