Granny by Anthony Horowitz By Anthony Horowitz

Twelve-year-old Joe Warden isn’t happy. Sure, he’s rich, but his parents don’t care about him. His grandmother should make everything better, except that Joe’s granny is a nightmare. She’s not just physically repulsive, she’s horribly mean. Everyone thinks she’s just a dotty old woman, but Joe knows the truth. He’s seen behind her mask and glimpsed the wicked glimmer in her eyes—she is pure evil. And now she’s out to get Joe, unless he can stop her and her band of nasty grannies first.

Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series has written a wickedly funny story, with hilarious illustrations by Tony Ross. Twelve-year-old Joe has an unbelievably evil Granny. Not only is Granny physically repulsive and horribly mean, but she also has the look in her eye of a predatory crocodile. Soon Joe starts to suspect that she has unpleasant designs on him. But what are they and how can he foil them? Granny by Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz ☆ 5 Summary

Dark and hilarious with lots of family drama. English Timothy & I read this & he loved it! We would read a little each night & he would not let me out of it one single night. It was a funny book that had us both laughing out loud a lot. My favorite part was it inspired my 11 yr old son who isn't a big fan of reading to start the Alex Rider series which is by the same author. Once he started, he has been devouring the whole series. Thank you Anthony Horowitz for being a clever and engaging author & opening my sons eyes to the joy of reading!
English I've had this book for a couple of years, but never read it until yesterday between books three and four of this massive series I'm going through now. Holy shit this book was good. Almost every sentence was hysterical, totally absurd, off-the-wall black comedy. I wish I could have read this when I was about 8 or 9. I see a lot of people don't like it because they think it's a Roald Dahl rip-off, but fortunately for me I've never read any of his books so didn't have that hanging over my judgement. English Really good fun! English Granny by Anthony Horowitz is a tale one part chilling evil and one part deep, dark, hilarity. Joe Warden is 12 years old and he can't stand his parents, his house or his family's day-to-day life. His parents are wealthy but inattentive, wrapped up in their own bizarre pursuits. Joe's only solace is his nanny, a kindly woman who provides Joe with the motherly nurturing, attention and protection to which his actual mother is oblivious.

When Joe's Granny comes for a visit Joe has one of those eye-opening realizations that the Granny he always thought favored him is actually an evil old woman who despises him for some reason. Everyone else seems to think Granny is just a cantankerous old person whose unpleasant and demanding ways must be tolerated due to her advanced age.

Joe's epiphany turns out to be correct; Granny is, indeed, evil beyond measure. The heinous acts Granny commits against Joe, those he loves and even strangers are horrifying and yet Anthony Horowitz manages to drip with such sarcasm when he relates them that you end up laughing instead of shuddering.

In the same vein as Roald Dahl's The Witches, Joe finds himself in mortal danger as the full extent of Granny's horrific plans for him began to take shape when she abducts him and forces him to travel with her to a macabre meeting of her Granny Society. The climax of the Granny conspiracy had me involuntarily clenching my stomach.

Even when it's over...it's NOT over.

For any reader--young or old--who enjoys a good scary tale as well as a wickedly smart and funny parody Granny fits the bill! I highly encourage readers who are at least 9 or 10 to give this one a try. You won't be sorry! English

3 stars

Cute story about a 12 yr old boy and his cranky grandmother. Kind of a surprise twist at the end. Some humor - no violence or sex. Short book that can be read in just a couple hours of uninterrupted reading.

I selected this book for an author read, not knowing it was for an audience so much younger. I found this book was published for middle school kids - I would say it was more for 4th to 6th graders. Not sure that 7th or 8th grade kids would be interested in it. English اولین کتابیه که از هوروویتس خوندم و اگه نگم بدم اومد، باید بگم خوشم نیومد جدا. شاید خوندن این کتاب باعث گرنتوفوبیا تو بچه ها بشه و دلیل دوست نداشتن خود من هم اینه که یکی از عزیزترین آدمهای زندگیم مادربزرگ فقیدم بود و کلا از معاشرت با آدمهای مسن لذت می‌برم.
خلاقیت تو روند وقایع داستان خیلی کمه و اتفاقات داستان برای من جذاب نبود. شخصیت مادربزرگ هم که ویلین داستان محسوب می‌شه خوب قوام نیومده بود و وقتی ویلینی که قراره بار اصلی وقایع داستان رو به دوش بکشه پاش بلنگه وای به حال باقیش.
سعی می‌کنم قضاوت نکنم و اگه بعدها وقت شد یه بار دیگه به هوروویتس اجازه بدم شانسشو امتحان کنه. English This book was unbelievably hilarious and a wee bit creepy. It was one of the best performances I have listened to on Audible in a long time. I really like this book because of its many twists and turns. Such a quick, FUN story. English More reviews can be found here

I have spent months trying to think of the title of this book, one I loved in primary school. I remembered there were grannies, enzymes and for some reason, I remember a robot?! Well, I typed in some key words into Google and finally tracked the title down!



I really enjoyed this book: the characters were interesting, there was humour, I found the adventures compelling and there was something quite grisly about it! English Anthony Horowitz did an excellent job with 'Granny' - and what a Granny she is! As a matter of fact. . . Granny is 94,. . .ironically her age group is often referred as The Silver Tsunami - Also the perfect way to describe Granny since she truly is a one woman Tsunami, drowning any and everyone swiftly and without prejudice with her venomous tongue and manipulations. She is also quick witted and
quite humorous.
She will provoke even the most patient and compassionate of us to go running for the hills without looking back!
What a FUN story! English