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Bad Dad

By: David Walliams, Jocelyn Jee Esien
Narrated by: David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Nitin Ganatra, Sarah Alexander
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The new heartwarming and hilariously brilliant story, beautifully read by number one best-selling author David Walliams.

Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones. There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones. There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones. Of course, there are good dads and bad dads....

A high-speed cops and robbers adventure with heart and soul about a father and son taking on the villainous Mr Big – and winning!

This riches-to-rags story will have you on the edge of your seat and howling with laughter! Bad Dad is a fast and furious, heartwarming story of a father and son on an adventure - and a thrilling mission to break an innocent man into prison!

©2017 David Walliams (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

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Our child asked us to rate it ZERO. Asked for refund.

I have no idea why this book has so many good ratings? It’s definitely not described accurately by Amazon or Audible. The descriptions and cover suggests that it’s an entertaining book for kids but that was definitely not out conclusion. Audio reading was okay but limited to one voice. The story was depressing and sad. The events of father losing a leg in an accident, mother abandoning her family for a rich man who she is having an affair with, a mob leader threatens father with son’s safety are all not topics that I wish to share with an 8 year old child. It’s not even described in a particularly funny way. After 13 chapters we agreed, as a family, that this book was an epic waste of time. It might be suitable for kids over 10 yrs of age, but it’s definitely not suited for younger kids and it’s definitely NOT the comedic book that reviews or descriptions seem to suggest. It’s a sad story with adult topics. Deserves a zero except for the fact that Amazon may seem my rating an error.

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My 7yo LOVED this novel

Real characters, great plot, fun performances.
As a parent I found it dragged and my 5yo and 3yo were bored, but the 7yo LOVED it!!

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A lovely story with an underlying hint of sadness

There's such a beautiful and sad realness unpinning this funny & entertaining story. Wonderfully narrated.

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The stealing

The part were fingers and thumbs heart frank and mr big heart gilbert or the dad

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#1 story

This is an amazing story this is definitely recommended for
little kids that need a story. For bed so they can go to sleep!

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Great story

The storyline is really good as it has a slight amount of humour and a little sadness too. Overall a great book and I definitely reccomend

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Awesome

I love your books because they are interesting and funny I also listen to them every night👍🏼

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Why me and my family love this story

I really like how this story has a lot of cars involved around this story because my daughter loves cars and another reason is cause it David Walliams and it was really nice,funny, enjoyable and jut funny

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AMAZING!!

I love listening to the David Walliams podcasts where ever I go! Whether it’s on the school bus in the shower or in bed.❤️

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Dumb

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