Unless your child likes the modern, square-headed, dumber than pond muck Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, do not get your child Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Adventures (in June 2023).
Please! Do not insult the honor and integrity of the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! They are not some skinny Donatello. Or a big, dumb, snaggle tooth Raphael! (OH my poor Raph! My young nephew would never believe you used to be my favorite). And when you have Leonardo calling Raph the boss? I’m gone! Done! Finished! And um, Michelangelo was always sweet, but when he’s your smartest character? Shredder will have no problem stopping these guys in their shells.
We do have some possibilities. April is a girl of color and right there in the middle of things. The book has short chapters/episodes, so I was able to quickly read one then realize I was not going to finish any others. And if you have a kid who likes TV, movies, or tie-ins and not books, it is a good way to get them hooked on reading, so yes, it has a few points.
Matthew Manning and Chad Thomas, I am sure you are nice people (or multiple people as I am assuming you are a group of people creating under one name, but I could be incorrect), but your final product was not nice. At least not for me. I mean, I liked the bright colors, and you know it was “Turtle Like” with their adventures (they fought a bad guy who was an English mutant pig chef) but the text was excruciating! I mean Meat Sweat? Why not call him Big Honking Pen….. Okay! Okay! I’ll be nice.
I am so sorry folks, but I need to change my worst book read to Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Adventures. Or at least, tried to read.