My son got this book in an Owlcrate Jr. I had never read anything by Cowell before (although I liked the âHow to Train Your Dragonâ movies). I read the first 100 pages of this book and then decided to set it aside. The book is written in a very simplistic and childish style; so younger children might enjoy this book more than I did.
My 11 year old son tried to read this as well and gave it to me after one night saying "Mom, this just isn't very good. Maybe you will like it."
It's an interesting book. It's full of sketches and maps and painted out sentences. The text for the sentences themselves are altered to be big or little or differently spaced depending on what the text is supposed to represent. At first I kind of enjoyed it, but it ended up being just too much going on. All the craziness on the page just completely distracts from the already somewhat boring story.
Overall I just couldn't stomach this one; the writing comes across as childish sounding and there is too much...stuff...going on on the pages. It might be okay for younger readers but I wouldn't recommend for middle grade and older readers. It's a pity because the book (binding and pages) are very high quality and beautifully done.
My 11 year old son tried to read this as well and gave it to me after one night saying "Mom, this just isn't very good. Maybe you will like it."
It's an interesting book. It's full of sketches and maps and painted out sentences. The text for the sentences themselves are altered to be big or little or differently spaced depending on what the text is supposed to represent. At first I kind of enjoyed it, but it ended up being just too much going on. All the craziness on the page just completely distracts from the already somewhat boring story.
Overall I just couldn't stomach this one; the writing comes across as childish sounding and there is too much...stuff...going on on the pages. It might be okay for younger readers but I wouldn't recommend for middle grade and older readers. It's a pity because the book (binding and pages) are very high quality and beautifully done.
