WHho P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit : A Hare-Raising Mystery

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Summary: :)
Review: --When Eddie Valiant stumbles upon a plot involving Clark Gable, two murders, and the production of so-called "Toon Tonic" which turns humans into Toons and the other way around as well, it just may be his most dangerous case yet. --There are some hilarious parts of this story, the best of which being when Roger finds the ultimate disguise...with five fingers on each hand! (the book describes this as "discombobulating"!) This is funny, fast-paced, and very cleverly written. --Marisa

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Summary: For a movie...
Review: --When Eddie Valiant stumbles upon a plot involving Clark Gable, two murders, and the production of so-called "Toon Tonic" which turns humans into Toons and the other way around as well, it just may be his most dangerous case yet. --There are some hilarious parts of this story, the best of which being when Roger finds the ultimate disguise...with five fingers on each hand! (the book describes this as "discombobulating"!) This is funny, fast-paced, and very cleverly written. --Marisa

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Summary: Who cares?
Review: First of all, this is not a sequel to Gary Wolf's previous book, "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?". It would be pretty difficult to have a sequel to that book. I don't want to give away the plot of that book, but I will mentioned that the original title of it was "Who Killed Roger Rabbit?". Instead, this is a sequel to the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", sort of. When I say "sort of", I mean that Wolf based the characters on their depictions in the movie, but he included some of the plot elements from his first book that were not included in the movie. For example, Wolf has toons talking by forming dialogue balloons such as you see in comic strips, which they didn't do in the movie. So the book doesn't really work as a sequel to either the previous book or the movie. However, taken on it's own merits, it is fairly enjoyable as an independent work. It's a decent parody of a hard boiled detective novel, set in a world where humans and toons coexist. I especially enjoyed the relationship between Eddie Valiant and Jessica Rabbit's twin sister. Fans of Roger Rabbit should get a few chuckles out of this.

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Summary: Who cares?
Review: First of all, this is not a sequel to Gary Wolf's previous book, "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?". It would be pretty difficult to have a sequel to that book. I don't want to give away the plot of that book, but I will mentioned that the original title of it was "Who Killed Roger Rabbit?". Instead, this is a sequel to the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", sort of. When I say "sort of", I mean that Wolf based the characters on their depictions in the movie, but he included some of the plot elements from his first book that were not included in the movie. For example, Wolf has toons talking by forming dialogue balloons such as you see in comic strips, which they didn't do in the movie. So the book doesn't really work as a sequel to either the previous book or the movie. However, taken on it's own merits, it is fairly enjoyable as an independent work. It's a decent parody of a hard boiled detective novel, set in a world where humans and toons coexist. I especially enjoyed the relationship between Eddie Valiant and Jessica Rabbit's twin sister. Fans of Roger Rabbit should get a few chuckles out of this.

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Summary: For a movie...
Review: The first book is great, but in the second book I can't help but think that it was written to be a movie. It wasn't written for the better of the reader, but for a producer to make it into a film. This, I think is just poor wrighting. I know Gary Wolf can do better.