Playground

A hard-hitting and inspirational novel about the redemption of a bully from international icon 50 Cent

Thirteen-year-old Butterball takes readers on a journey through the moments that made him into the playground bully he is today. Loosely inspired by 50 Cent's own adolescence and written with his teenage son in mind, Playground received wide critical praise--and is now poised to become a perennial classic.
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364 pages

Average rating: 6.96

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Punkie
Jan 18, 2024
7/10 stars
Wow!
TheShortReader
Sep 21, 2023
8/10 stars
I was so excited to read this book since I heard it all over the book sides of social media.

I've read and heard so many reviewers talking about this little guy. As a fan of Mr. Beauregard, I had high hopes. I mean, who doesn't want to read about innocent children dying on a playground? There is gore, there is sex, there is everything you need in an extreme horror/splatterpunk story. But I think I went in thinking it was something slightly differ...read more
bookwyrm23
Aug 06, 2023
1/10 star
Holy f—. First of all, the shock value on this is a lot but that’s not why it gets 1 star. It gets 1 star because this is, in my opinion, some of the WORST writing I have ever read. The shock value was diminished by the bad writing. I can’t with the obscene amount of adjectives and alliteration that I would have to reread paragraphs to make sure I even knew what was going on. Less is more TW. Don’t read this book if you don’t like horror (slas...read more
Allison123!
Aug 02, 2023
3/10 stars
Horrid. Written completely for shock value. I read because of tiktok and I’m upset that I spent 11 hours of my life finishing it. Listen, I love everything horror. This just was not it.

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