Everybunny Loves Magic

[cornerofmadness]

Everybunny Loves Magic by Aaron Reynolds

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I'll be honest, I didn't read the first two which put me at a disadvantage. Basically picked this up because I needed a bunny on the cover for a reading challenge and I can say this did not encourage me to get the other two (i gave it three stars thinking maybe it would be better had I read the others).

Now to be fair, it wasn't bad but I found Rex to be utterly obnoxious. Imagine if you will, an eleven year old Sherlock Holmes or Sheldon Cooper...only he's nowhere near as smart as he thinks. And Rex does have his Watson/Leonard. Poor Darvish withstands a lot of belittling and verbal nonsense from Rex, more than any friend should. I'm assuming Rex talking out his butt thinking he's a master sleuth (and usually being wrong) is the 'funny' part of this.

What sets Rex apart from Sherlock and Sheldon is he has a paranormal power. He sees and talks to dead animals (who talk like humans to him). He has Drumstick a dead chicken who is his constant companion. Rex doesn't like this ability but he's stuck for now.

In this he's swamped with dead bunnies who died suffocated in a magician's hat. He and Darvish try to get to the bottom of the bunny deaths all the while having to play a murder mystery at school too. Mostly Rex theatrically accuses people while ignore Darvish's more sensible approach (and waxing poetically at how far Darvish has come and how much further he has to go as an investigator).

Also a beaten into the ground trope in this is Rex's 'manhood' and insistence on coffee (that he actually doesn't like but assumes makes him a man). Meanwhile Darvish is far more mature than he.

Was it funny? Not really but I AM not the age group this is aimed at (I divide middle grade books into ones kids in the age group will enjoy and ones that adults and kids alike would like. I put this in the first category). Was the mystery satisfying? No, I'm not sure you could actually solve this? Was it a good ending for the series? You know, I want to say yes even without seeing the rest of the series because it does feel like it wrapped everything up.



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