Swine Not?: A Novel Pig Tale by Jimmy Buffett Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Swine Not?: A Novel Pig Tale
Book Review: A Great Novel...For Teen Readers
Summary: 4 Stars
While I enjoyed reading about the tales of Rumpy and his family, it certainly was not the book I was expecting from the author. My wife is a parrot head and I bought the book for her, as she has read all of his other work. As she is currently out of town, I decided to read it for a change of pace. And, I enjoyed it, but, but would have checked it out of the library had I known the reading level.
While the story is well put together, is cute, and somewhat humorous, it isn't what most adults would be expecting. It would have been better labeled as a teen level novel to warn off unsuspecting buyers. If you need to spend the afternoon with a book that won't tax your brain too strongly or enjoy relatively short, easy to read stories, you will enjoy the book. Just don't expect too much.
5 stars for teens, 3 stars for adults
Book Review: A huge disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
I have read everything that Jimmy Buffet has written (except for the children's stuff), and am a big fan of his music. When I saw this book on the shelves, I snapped it up. All I can say is this: don't waste your money. Yes, I finished it. It was all I had to read on a pair of flights to and from the east coast. It appears to be written for fifth graders. There is almost no plot, the scenes are silly, banal, and boring. Come on Jimmy, give us another Joe Merchant.Book Review: A light confection that leaves the reader amused and satisfied
Summary: 5 Stars
Reviewed by Sandie Kirkland for RebeccasReads (7/08)
Things are a little weird in the McBride household. Ellie has just been hired as the dessert cook at Flutbein's Hotel, a top restaurant in New York City. That's too long a commute from Vertigo, Tennessee, so the family is packing up and moving to the city, where they'll live in the hotel. Maple and Barley are Ellie's twelve-year-old twins. Maple loves to design clothes and is a devotee of the top designer Karen Wu, while Barley is a first-rate soccer player. The twins' dad, Oliver, is out of the picture; a dreamer always following a new dream and occasionally dropping into their lives.
The family makes the move, and the kids get familiar with their new surroundings. Everything is working out except for one thing. This family comes with a pet pig, a one hundred and fifty pounder named Rumpy. Rumpy is pig non grata at the hotel, which has a prohibition against exotic pets. That means she must constantly be hidden away, and is trapped in the apartment. The family is on constant pins and needles, trying to keep her hidden away.
Unfortunately, Rumpy has a personal enemy. The head chef at the restaurant, Boucher, hates animals and can only conceive of them as his next dinner creation. How can the family protect Rumpy from Boucher? How will Ellie handle working for such a disagreeable sort? Will Maple and Barley fit into the social scene in New York City and their new school? Can Rumpy find her twin brother, Lukie, who is somewhere in the city?
Buffet handles all these situations deftly, spinning a light confection that leaves the reader amused and satisfied. This would be a great book for families to read together, perhaps as a nighttime story stretched over several weeks. It's a perfect traveling book, or just a great book to while away an afternoon in the backyard or at the local pool. I highly recommend it as an interesting, fun read for all.
Book Review: Children's Read
Summary: 1 Stars
The only way I can put this. Is this book is awful. I wish they would have listed somewhere that this was a children's book. Even that being said. It was even pretty bad for a kids book. I'm a fan of Buffett's music and I liked Tales from Margaritaville & Joe Merchant. I think Jimmy must have gotten rid of his ghost writer after these books and tried to go about it by him self, with disastrous results. I work in a middle school, and have read better works from school age kids. Stick to the beach ,Mr. BuffettBook Review: Embarrassing
Summary: 1 Stars
Jimmy should be embarrassed for putting this book out. Why do we have to rate this a one star? Why isn't zero available?