6/11/2023 0 Comments Mistakes were made stephan pastis![]() As the story is written in the first person, we are therefore often left wondering just what on earth is going on in Timmy's mind. Timmy comes across as a deluded, bumbling fool who has a somewhat tenuous grip on reality, which means that his versions of events often differ to what actually happens in the story. ![]() And this is mainly down to Timmy's character. But Timmy Failure is not quite so straightforward. Let's face it, Wimpy Kid is the diary of a not entirely likeable, whining, rude boy. Perhaps the world." Timmy's partner in the agency is his pet polar bear Total (hence the agency's unfortunate name), but more about Total later.ĭescribing this book is not an easy task. Timmy is the founder, president and CEO of Total Failure, Inc., arguably (in Timmy's opinion) " the best detective agency in the town, probably the country. Timmy Failure is about a small boy called (you guessed it) Timmy Failure, and yes, Failure is his unfortunate last name. Some compare very favourably (the brilliant Darcy Burdock by Laura Dockrill The World of Norm by Jonathan Meres the Tom Gates books by Liz Pichon), and now we can add Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made to that list. The massive success of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has led to pretty much every book for this age group that is written in the first person or in journal/diary format with accompanying illustrations being compared Jeff Kinney's books. ![]()
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