Title: Farty Princess
Author: A.P. Gai
Artist: Kittipong
Genre: Children's / Humor / Fairy Tale / Royalty / Mission
Year Published: 2013
Year Read: 5/22/2018
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC.
Source: eARC (Amazon Kindle)
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Some Gross Humor)
I received
this book through Amazon Kindle in exchange for an honest review.
I had read a few children’s books that dealt with toilet humor (or to
get specific here, fart humor) like “Walter
the Farting Dog” and I usually enjoy them since they are so hilarious to
read through. So, when I saw this new
children’s book title from Amazon called “Farty
Princess” by A.P. Gai along with
artwork by Kittipong, I just had to
check this little title out!
Princess Priscilla was well loved by the people of her
kingdom as she was extremely friendly to everyone around her. Unfortunately, Priscilla has a little problem…she
cannot stop farting uncontrollably and her farts smell so bad that they make
anyone who has the misfortunate of being near them faint! One day, Priscilla was finally going to marry
her fiancé Prince Paul and she was so happy about the occasion that she ended
up farting in bliss and her farts smelled so bad that it put Prince Paul into a
deep sleep! Now, Priscilla must go on a
journey to find a cure for Prince Paul’s curse!
A.P.
Gai
has done a good job with writing this book as I found myself giggling to myself
at the toilet humor going on in this book!
I liked the way that A.P. Gai
made Princess Priscilla be the one who rescues the Prince from a curse she
(unknowingly) cast upon the Prince as it serves as a nice twist to the usual “Prince
saves the Princess” plot line that is usually found in many fairy tales. I also liked the fact that Princess Priscilla
is portrayed as being extremely friendly to everyone she meets along with on
her journey as it made her into a likable character and I especially liked the
part about her farts saving her from misfortune throughout her journey! Kittipong’s
artwork is adorable to look at as all the characters truly look like they came
out of an innocent fairy tale story and I especially loved the appearance of
Priscilla herself as she has a cute appearance despite the fact that she farts
a lot. I also loved the way that Kittipong drew Priscilla’s farts as
they are not colored in green, which is the usual color you see with farts
being illustrated. Instead, her farts
are colored in purple and pink colors, which makes her farts look cute instead
of disgusting (Farts are cute? Well, that is the first time I said that)!
The reason why I gave this book a three-and-a-half-star
rating was because while the book had a pretty cute (and hilarious) premise, I
felt that both the story and the characters were a bit bland at times. As much as I like the fact that Princess Priscilla
is an extremely nice character, I felt that there was not that much dimension
to her character and this also includes her love interest Prince Paul, who was
just there to be put into a coma for most of the story.
Overall, while “Farty
Princess” is a cute story that is full of toilet humor, the story would
have benefited more if there were more dimensions to the characters and to the
story itself. I would recommend this
book to children ages five and up since some children might not like the gross
humor in this book.
