Pat Flynn has obviously written this book as a sequel to his book "The Tuckshop Kid", another book about body issues affecting a school-aged boy.

Matt is a kid who has recently cut down on his weight and gotten a girlfriend, Kayla. But Kayla is acting strangely, and Matt wants to figure out what is going on.

The illustrations and "lists" at the start of each chapter where what I found actually interesting and intelligent. For example, the observation that you have many of the same symptoms after running a race and before getting dumped by your girlfriend, or the play on words of "Fruit Punch" and "Punch in the belly".

This book can be interpreted on many different levels: some may just see it as a story about someone who throws up a lot while others may see it as a warning about the dangers of anorexia and worrying too much about your body shape. There is something for everybody in The Toilet Kid.

The book, I find, is far too small-scale and simple, without a plot that comes to a good culmination or conclusion. It seems to be just a long, run-on adventure without a big enough problem to leave you satisfied when it is solved. I could compare it to a single episode in a TV show, just part of a larger picture. Luckily, the illustrations were interesting, but far too scarce.

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