Brilliant

by Roddy Doyle

Hardcover, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

823.92

Genres

Children's Books

Fiction

Collection

Accelerated Reader

Description

The Black Dog of depression has descended over Dublin, but siblings Rayzer and Gloria are determined to stop it, and soon they are joined by thousands of other children and some magical animals on a chase through the streets, parks, and beaches of Dublin.

User reviews

LibraryThing member m.belljackson

Premise was fine, but I cannot imagine any kids not being totally bored with the constant and annoying repetition.

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LibraryThing member LaviniaRossetti

It was hard for me to click on this star rating because I wasn't too sure about this book at the end and loved it at the beginning. Okay book, but not quite so good as it nears the finish line.

Gloria and Raymond Kelly were only hiding under the table for a joke when they thought they heard

something they shouldn't have done. Their uncle Ben was suffering from Depression - the Black Dog had got him. So the children go and try to find and chase the mad animal, but even with so many kids trying to claw at it, what would really stop it from snatching Dublin's funny bone and grabbing at the poor people within?

I don't think the book was really the best, as I have said; but I also don't know if really everyone wants to find out the relationship between Alice and Paddy? And the long stretch at the end made me want to kind of put it down and start reading something else. But the beginning was, as say, brilliant!

Join the two kids to find out on their journey to catch the Dog.

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LibraryThing member bookwren

Brilliant is brilliant! I love Roddy Doyle's Irish humor and dialect. I love how kids and animals (the pink flamingos are hilarious!) save the day. This is the second time I've read this and I liked it even better than the first time. Emily Hughes' illustrations are the perfect accompaniment.

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