To want to inflict harm on all of the Mr Men

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DS 4 is obsessed with Mr Men books. Absolutely obsessed but it's getting to the point where I want to stab my eyes out just so I don't have to read another bloody one.

Why are they all so bloody smug?
Why is everything 'extraordinarily'?
Why does Mr Happy regularly pop up to be, quite frankly, a bit of a parsimonious prick?
WHY ARE THEY SO LONG?

I can't take it anymore. Please tell me I'm not the only one that wants to drop kick Mr Happy for being so bastarding passive aggressive?

I think I need a gin

I feel empowered. I'm getting up early tomorrow to smuggle both box sets into the recycling bin under cover of darkness.

I've secretly thought they were judgemental, bullying, boring, badly written and inappropriate shite for years but didn't know i was allowed to, you know, actually admit to not liking the Mrs and Misses!

The best characters are the worms

@Itwasgoodwhileitlasted sorry meant to put a on the end of that otherwise it sounded very aggressive haha! It looks like one mr men book too many has taken me over the edge

@OneMoreForExtra yes come join the club, you are not alone and we are hear you support you!

They're books that make your heart sink a little when a child hands you one to read...they feel really awkward to read, a bit wordy and feel a bit bleak somehow.

They always have lovely funky wallpaper in their houses though!

I do really like the illustrations, very good

The son wrote Mr Brave is that right? One of the worst ones. Plus there’s a typo.

3yo DS loves when Mr Happy pops up in the other books. He'll just shout "HAPPY" with his arms out wide.

We've just bought him the Mr Men Christmas Advent. 24 Christmas themed Mr Men books to keep us entertained in December. Thank god DH does majority of the bed times.

They are like the Funnybones books.
I love them for the illustrations but the stories are so bloody dull and tongue twistery.

We need an anti-book club!!

Why do theg repeat so often. They're horrendous and my son is making me read them all in order lol

@DrWAnkenstein funny bones is an abomination!!! How many times can you say skeleton on one fecking page. A lot, that's how many.

I'm up for an anti book club. The Jumblies also needs to be added. What kind of idiot goes to sea in a sieve?!

Any more additions for the black list? (Am well aware that this has escalated quite quickly...)

My DCs are 30 now, but they had these books.
When my elderly spinster aunt came to visit, DD, aged 2 at the time, toddled up to her with a pile of them. She put them in her great aunt’s lap one by one, announcing “Mr Tickle”, “Mr Happy”, until the final one, which was announced loudly and with relish as “Mr Grumpy Bastard!”

I just... I misinterpreted the question "WHY ARE THEY SO LONG?" as applying to the Mr Men themselves instead of the length of the books and the imagery that produced in my brain of all these extra long Mr Men is making my evening better

The trick is to read every other page and they still make sense (just, you sometimes need the odd word change).
Or because they are so small, the books can be conveniently hidden between books on the shelf so they can't be found and read!

I've avoided The Jumblies thankfully, I'll make sure to keep on doing so!

@BeanieB2020 well mr tall IS tall!

Basically the bottom line in all of them is you need to change who you are to suit others

Yep. Or you will be punished. The punishment normally involves ritual humiliation. The ones I’ve read are about a hero/heroine who is brought low by their own fatal flaw. They’re Greek tragedies for toddlers.

DM has just borrowed Little Miss Bossy from the library in the hope it will give DD pause for thought.

these Mr Men book reviews are hilarious though!

We've only got Mr Skinny and a couple of Christmas ones, not too bad!

@OwlinaTree bleasdale was beaten to it they are Brilliant

They're fucking crap. I hate them and my heart sinks when one of my kids asks for one for bed time story.

Mostly I hate that each book ends with the character losing the party of his personality that makes them unique. I'm probably over thinking but I think it's a random message to give to kids.

We have the Mr Men AND Little Miss Box Sets!

Son with ASD has been having one a night after his proper age appropriate book for the past 4 (yes 4!) years. I know the words!!! Due to a deep seated (ASD linked) hatred of change he can not be persuaded to give them up. I fear we will be still reading them in another 4 years.

My top tips are:

• if the kid is tired enough, some make sense not only if you miss a line but also if you miss a whole page
• most can definitely have sentences shortened
• speed reading (this still counts) they are possible to get through in about 3 minutes
• as previous poster said, DO NOT GET THR BOX SET, leave the nostalgia of your child hood in the past

Ironically I just bought the 24 Christmas ones as the Advent Calendar. I crave variety!

I could just about live with the Mr Men but the Rainbow Fairies really give me the rage.

Every sodding book is the same apart from the name of the fairy. My otherwise lovely SIL bought DD a set of the books and I have never before hated reading to her.

You can get a new breed of Mr Men books now -
Little Miss perfect does online dating..very funny and did give me a laugh (standing in the shop reading them)

Just googled it - it’s little miss shy does OLD
Mr Grumpy does fatherhood might be worth a look..

I knew the person who now writes the Thomas series; she's an utter twat in real life too.

The Munch Bunch are similarly tedious. My mother (bless her!) kept my entire collection of original Munch Bunch books - my aunt bought me one every month as a child until I had the whole set, and I was obsessed with them. When my eldest was born, the whole lot were sent my way with a great big smile and I eventually realised why my dad did bedtime stories with me so many times instead of my mum...

Hey OP - I can relate to your pain, see my username! But happy to report that this phase will eventually end, as all phases do - just hang on in there!