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Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1)
Midnight for Charlie Bone - Children of the Red King, Bk 1
Author: Jenny Nimmo
Charlie doesn't want to believe it. He can hear people in photographs talking. What's happening to him? Why now? Since his father died, Charlie Bone has lived with his mother and her mother, in the house of his other grandmother, Grandma Bone. Whilst looking at a picture of a couple with a baby and a cat, he suddenly discovers an extraordinary m...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780749748883
ISBN-10: 0749748885
Publication Date: 4/1/2002
Pages: 354
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Egmont Childrens Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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mistysmere avatar reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 140 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I was originally concerned that this series was a Harry Potter knock off. I was wrong. Yes, there are similarities to Harry Potter, but this series has some great potenial. I can't wait to read the next one.
daedelys avatar reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 1218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book reminded me a lot of the Harry Potter series. Kid probably won't mind this at all, but as an adult, the lack of originality gets a little annoying at times. But perhaps it's part of that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" thing on the author's part...

The term "endowed" tends to also make me snicker on occasion. I think the author could've found a better word to describe the magic-like talent that some of the characters have.

Overall, it's a readable book if you don't notice that it has a lot of similarities to authors such as J.K. Rowling, Pierce Anthony and I'm sure many others I haven't read yet or notice right off the bat.
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reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 12 more book reviews
My kids love this series and we were missing a few. I haven't read them, but I must say the kids practically eat them they read them so fast. They rated it at the highest rating.
miss-info avatar reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 386 more book reviews
This is what may have happened if Lemony Snicket wrote Harry Potter. Evil people are absurdly, stereotypically evil, good adults are usually clueless, and usually behave in ways that are by no stretch of the imagination believable. That said, it wasnt bad. I wish the talent of listening to photos had been brought out more, rather than used to set up why Charlie went to Bloors, then pretty much abandoned. Still, I finished it, and if I happen to run across the sequel Ill probably read it, too. Children would probably be better inclined to disregard how actual humans behave, and enjoy it for the story.
reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 5 more book reviews
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Same genre as the Harry Potter series. Good juvenile series.
miss-info avatar reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 386 more book reviews
This is what may have happened if Lemony Snicket wrote Harry Potter. Evil people are absurdly, stereotypically evil, good adults are usually clueless, and usually behave in ways that are by no stretch of the imagination believable. That said, it wasnt bad. I wish the talent of listening to photos had been brought out more, rather than used to set up why Charlie went to Bloors, then pretty much abandoned. Still, I finished it, and if I happen to run across the sequel Ill probably read it, too. Children would probably be better inclined to disregard how actual humans behave, and enjoy it for the story.
dianasdolls avatar reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 43 more book reviews
I was expecting a Harry Potter knockoff and got something surprisingly different. The characters are well-drawn, if only occasionally one-dimensional, but the villains, Charlie's great aunts and paternal grandmother, are so ridiculously nasty you will sometimes wonder why anyone puts up with them at all. These read fast and will entertain younger readers very well. Adults may have a harder time not projecting into the story how they'd get rid of the nasty aunts and grandmother...
patticom avatar reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on
Even as an adult, I enjoyed this book for a little fun, light reading. The first few chapters were difficult to get through, because there are definitely a LOT of similarities to Harry Potter. However, if you can stick with it, by the middle of the book you will start forgetting about the similarities and begin accepting Charlie's world as its own special place!
miss-info avatar reviewed Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Bk 1) on + 386 more book reviews
This is what may have happened if Lemony Snicket wrote Harry Potter. Evil people are absurdly, stereotypically evil, good adults are usually clueless, and usually behave in ways that are by no stretch of the imagination believable. That said, it wasnt bad. I wish the talent of listening to photos had been brought out more, rather than used to set up why Charlie went to Bloors, then pretty much abandoned. Still, I finished it, and if I happen to run across the sequel Ill probably read it, too. Children would probably be better inclined to disregard how actual humans behave, and enjoy it for the story.


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