David Walliams delivers the Roald Dahl vibes he's known for: imaginative, funny, and gleefully irreverent. Kids genuinely love this stuff—the gross humor, the mischief, the us-vs-mean-adults dynamic.
But let's be real: kids drugging and sedating an adult is a wild plot choice, even for comedy. It's played as harmless fun, but it's the kind of thing that makes you go "wait, what?" as a parent. The book has heart—friendship, empathy for sick kids, dreams coming true—but it's wrapped in so much snot and butt-injection jokes that the deeper stuff gets a bit lost.
If your kid loves gross humor and can handle 480 pages, they'll probably devour this. Just be ready for some eyebrow-raising moments and maybe a conversation about why we don't actually drug people in real life, even mean ones.






