Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright: 11/04/23

Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright by Chris Riddell (2015) is the third of the Goth Girl books. Ada is excited to see her friend again but is also distracted by the upcoming Literary Dog Show being hosted at Ghastly-Gorm Hall.

Ada didn't really have much presence in this volume, despite being the main character of the series. Instead of her helping out (minus knitting for some monkeys), the book spends its time parading through a large cast of characters who are parodies of historical figures.

Every Chris Riddell book I've read has had puns and parodies. It's what he does. I know that. And characters with funny but informative names is a long standing literary tradition. I know that too.

But— this volume felt indulgent. It's just there to be an extended forum to showcase Riddell's parodies. The plot is nearly absent beyond people with funny names show up. People eat dinner. People compete. Plot happens. Book ends. Put more bluntly, volume three is a five page short story with 195 pages of filler. It's not even that entertaining of filler.

The final book is Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony (2017)

Three stars

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