Something I Said Reviewed by Joshua, Age 12

This is a great book that makes me laugh out loud. Carmichael Taylor also known as ‘Car’ loves English and always acts the clown which usually ends up in disaster. What happens when he goes too far? In this book we find out.

My favourite bit was when Car’s brother starts nudging Car to try and make him drop his ice cream in some dog poo but Malky (Car’s brother) drops his ice cream in the poo instead. Then Car yells 3 second rule before getting into trouble from his mum. This is something I find hilarious because I can imagine this happening in real life.

Ben Bailey Smith describes all of the characters in great detail and in doing so helps us get a very detailed image in our minds about what the characters look like. I especially liked it when the author described Car’s dad as a ginger giant because he is tall and has ginger hair.

Carmichael loves English and there is lots of tricky vocabulary in the book, but after using the words he describes what they mean which I found very helpful.

This book at some points made me laugh out loud and yet at other times there was a serious message conveyed about what lengths a boy would go to, to get a laugh. I would recommend this book to people who like a laugh or people who want a light-hearted read. It was not my typical genre of book but due to the humorous aspects of this book I thoroughly enjoyed it.