The Saint has done it again. Measle and the Doompit is the fifth book chronicling the adventures of Measle Stubbs - a young boy with magical parents who finds himself in heaps of trouble.This time around, Measle's arch-enemy, the evil wrathmonk Toby Jugg (terrible pun), kidnaps Measle and his friend, Polly, and throws them both down a doompit - a big hole that sends them to Dystopia, a magical land where there worst nightmares can come true.
Along the way Measle must fight werewolves, a yeti, fairies, giant ants, Medusa and Toby Jugg himself.
But he is not alone. Polly is discovering that she has magical powers and his friends the rather nice, but not very bright wrathmonk, Iggy and his dog Tinker end up in Dystopia to help him out.
What I like about the Measle books is that they appear on the outside to be comedy fantasy stories, and there are many incidences of humour throughout. But what the Measle books really are is horror - but with a dark humour twist to them. These books and the things that Measle has to contend with make the kids out of A Series of Unfortunate Events look like Enid Blyton creations.
I wonder if someone has optioned these books for a movie yet? Count me in for a front row seat.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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