Think twice before kidnapping this kid…
Written: Jul 01 '01
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Pros: Best book I ever read.
Cons: Too short!
The Bottom Line: This is a great book. I love it, and for sure, without a doubt you will like it as well.
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| kligor's Full Review: The Ransom of Red Chief Books |
First, I saw the movie "Ransom of Red Chief", in the Russian version, and it was an old 60's movie (thank god that it had some colour to it). It kept me laughing throughout the whole film. My stomach hurt from laughing so much. Anyway, I decided, that if the movie is so funny, why not read the book?
Luckily, my dad has a whole collection of books by O'Henry, so I borrowed that book "Ransom of Red Chief". I was laughing through the whole book. It was just as funny as the movie. It was absolutely, positively hilarious! I was laughing hysterically. I couldn't even get through the whole book without laughing. I had to get my dad to read it to me, because I wanted to just sit back and enjoy it.
The book is about two conmen, Sam and Bill who needed money, but couldn't get without kidnapping. They decided to kidnap the son of the richest guy in town (because they would ask for a bigger ransom). The conmen expected a rich, well-behaved, disciplined kid... but they got more than they bargained for. Instead of the rich, well behaved, disciplined kid they expected, they got a wild, red haired, chaotic, reckless hellion. The kid played as an Indian, trying to sacrifice his kidnappers. Finally the kid scares Sam and Bill so much that... well... if I would tell you, it wouldn't be very interesting... maybe you should read it for yourself, and find out what the surprise is.
Are you curious? Do you want to know what happened at the end? Do you want a good laugh? If so, buy, rent, borrow, download, do whatever you can to get your hands on this mind-blowing book. You won't regret it.
This is a soft cover book. I don't know why in epinions they wrote that it's 36 pages, but I read it in 9 pages, and it seemed like a complete story.
I would recommend this book to anybody and everybody who likes to laugh. This is simply amazing! I would say that it's appropriate for people of all ages I could tell you from my own experience, because the first time I read this book I was eight, and even my grandma (who is 55 years old) still likes to read it today.
Thank you for taking the time to read this review. I hope this helped. This is my first novel review, so be sure to leave a message saying what you liked, what you didn't like, and what I could do to improve this review.
Thank you in advance.
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