Top Banana Kath Middleton Books
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Take a young man in a dead-end job. Ensure that his hypercritical mother has totally destroyed his self-confidence. Then add a box of bananas. Steve Stanley has reason to think he might have acquired a superpower. Unfortunately, he doesn’t yet know what it is. As Steve searches for the (super)hero inside himself, he sets out to prove that he’s not the failure his mother believes. But will the world ever get to see the true Steven Oliver Stanley? A feel-good comedy novel from the author of 'Ravenfold' and 'Message in a Bottle'.
Top Banana Kath Middleton Books
Top Banana is a comedy in the classical sense, a coming-of-age story about Steve, the green grocer's clerk who wants to rise above his apparent lot in life and climb out from beneath his mother's critical thumb. A spider bite early in the story leads Steve to wonder if he might have been gifted superpowers by the spider's venom, and he sets about testing for new abilities, like mind-control, and flight. The potential for superhuman abilities is a device employed throughout the book as Steve pushes himself out of his comfort zone, and in doing so finally begins to taste success in life.Central to the story is the relationship between Steve and his discouraging mother, and I think this is a theme many people can relate to: a feeling of falling short, of being underestimated, either by someone close or by oneself, and desperately wanting beat that negative assessment. It’s a theme which has buried itself in my mind nearly a week after finishing the book.
The humour in Top Banana is gentle, almost comfortable. If it weren't for a few packets of white powder making an appearance early on, I’d say it could be good material for a young adult audience. If you've read Ravenfold, one of Kath Middleton’s other books, you might find Top Banana to be a significant story departure. But it is a pleasant one.
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Top Banana Kath Middleton Books Reviews
Spider, spider burning bright
Gave our Steve an awful bite
While bananas and white powder
Did for him more than clam chowder!
With job anew and on the ceiling
Steve did crawl, with certain feeling
Not spiderman, twas on a ladder
Of course he fell, which made him sadder
Steve got the girl, despite all this
They fell in love, sealed with a kiss
New wife and baby, such delight
And all thanks to a spider bite
(with apologies to William Blake)
Fresh, original and jam-packed with richly developed characters this novel showcases the author's unique appreciation of language and her ability to bring alive the voices of her cast.
Progression through the book was frequently halted as I shared many of Steve's hilarious scenarios with my partner. This novel however was so much more than simply a humorous interlude I found it peppered with sharp observation, poignancy and bittersweet tenderness.
I felt inspired to reflect on the important aspects of life love, relationships, loyalty and gratitude.
In creating Steve (the protagonist) and empowering his quest for a superpower the author has succeeded in finding one of her own, the ability to make her readers glow.
Top Banana is a world away from this authors previous books. It is a light slightly comedic gentle look at Steve's life from under his mother's thumb via becoming a superhero (of what, we're not sure) ending up a nice young man.
I din't find this a particularly laugh out loud story. It was more a gently humorous tale. I read it more with a smile on my face than a chortle on my chops.
I think I preferred the story early on when Steve was working in the grocers rather than when he started coming into his own later on.
The words I use to describe this are gentle and nice. I felt content after finishing this.
Kath Middleton is one of a select group of authors who will consistently draw me out of my reading comfort zone through top story telling and a real talent for writing. Another aspect that attracts me is that every book she's written has been of a different genre.
In this book she delves into comedy in what is essentially a coming of age for a young man named Steve. Although the book is billed as a comedy it didn't really read that way for me. That's not to say that it isn't funny, there's a dry observational humour prevelent throughout. I mean that it wasn't a laugh out loud type of read.
That didn't matter too much because the story made me smile. The blurb states that it is a feel good story and that is true. The journey of Steve's journey into adulthood and out of his bubble is an engaging one. I enjoyed the conceit of the spider bite and its influence on Steve in the story and it does allow for some of the zanier human, especially in the first half.
My one major complaint about the story is that sometimes the events feel a little convenient. One scene in particular where there is a major heart to heart struck me as both sudden and a bit too easy. While this isn't my usual type of read I am familiar enough to know that this isn't unique to this book.
So that complaint aside this is a pleasant story and a good read - maybe I should read more uplifting stories more often!
Top Banana is a comedy in the classical sense, a coming-of-age story about Steve, the green grocer's clerk who wants to rise above his apparent lot in life and climb out from beneath his mother's critical thumb. A spider bite early in the story leads Steve to wonder if he might have been gifted superpowers by the spider's venom, and he sets about testing for new abilities, like mind-control, and flight. The potential for superhuman abilities is a device employed throughout the book as Steve pushes himself out of his comfort zone, and in doing so finally begins to taste success in life.
Central to the story is the relationship between Steve and his discouraging mother, and I think this is a theme many people can relate to a feeling of falling short, of being underestimated, either by someone close or by oneself, and desperately wanting beat that negative assessment. It’s a theme which has buried itself in my mind nearly a week after finishing the book.
The humour in Top Banana is gentle, almost comfortable. If it weren't for a few packets of white powder making an appearance early on, I’d say it could be good material for a young adult audience. If you've read Ravenfold, one of Kath Middleton’s other books, you might find Top Banana to be a significant story departure. But it is a pleasant one.
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