Review: Roto Rooter that's the name and away your troubles....!  ...I THINK I FLUSHED MY BROTHER...: A Critical Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2013
"The hills were made of slushy, gushy mush.  The streets were made of smelly, jelly fellies.  The trees were swaying and fraying and graying.This is NOT the place for a good girl like me to be, at all."***  ***e-books serves a good purpose in publishing.First, if you have an idea that you'd like to see published, creating an e-book is a very inexpensive way to make your dreams come true.  And, because there's less overhead there's less of a risk.For the customer, a "bad" e-book means nothing more than perhaps a couple of lottery tickets.  The upside is, if you have a unique idea, you have potentially a broad market to sell to.***  ***Um...Mommy, I Think I Flushed My Brother Down The Toilet (vol.1) is as the title suggest a childhood fantasy for anyone who grew up with siblings.And, on the surface, you're asked to accept the outrageous concept with an ample dose of humor.  But, this book is not bad.What kept coming back to me when the older sister flushes herself down the toilet to find her brother and ends up in this whole other world was the film "The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T" -- with its allusions to being trapped in Dungeons with all sorts of strange phenomena happening.This is where I think the book and hopefully any sequels would concentrate their focus:  on the strange, wacky and unpredictable elements that they'd find.  Having the children separated from their parents (a common literary theme about coming-of-age) means that the time spent in this unfamiliar place could be where they unlearn bad habits or discover new and interesting things about life that they were missing in their "normal" life.Also, I like to see the author give a different artist carte blanche to conceptualize  and illustrate this panorama.  The pictures have to be much bigger and the artist has to have the freedom to explore untapped ideas.  This could be a visually strong work.For the potential of this book and series-- 3.5 stars rounded upto 4.