You may have fun, but you will never have as much fun as
this kid. The Life And Times Of TheThunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson tells of his childhood’s finest memories.
This is one of Bill Bryson’s many books. I have not read his other work but I
look forward to do so.
Born and raised in Iowa, Bill Bryson, the “thunderbolt kid”
was the one to set the stereotype of kids in the fifties with the things he had
done such as swimming in dirty waters, playing sports completely wrong and
wrong just to make it fun, and even building a bomb to set off in the yard of
callanan middle school! Most kids would be jealous from all the things that are
prohibited nowadays, if he was here, he would say that we are creating a
generation of soft, wimpy, spoiled brats. With all the dumb things they had
done, they got some good experiences out of it, such as to never play football
around a pile of sharp rocks or if you see a herd of hillbillies and they
demand a sacrifice, give them the kid who feels no fear or pain. And even if
you breathe a cloud of harmful DDT gas, you can cough up colorful dust for
months on end
The book is tied together with news articles, people,
events, and places, which some of all of these things are just truly dreadful
yet exciting. Readers develop an attachment to a character quite fast after
they are introduced. The story isn’t focused on anything other than making for
a few laughs, life lessons, and comparing childhood today to child hood of the
fifties. He also makes the point that the fifties were great but they were not
that great for black people, women, and lgbt.
I would recommend this book for
kids and young adults as well as older people willing to relive the fifties and
sixties. The book is suited to impress those who value autobiographies.
Book Review by John P.
No comments:
Post a Comment