![]() ![]() * after sitting on the couch for about 10 minutes reading* It's cartoony, but it gets a pass, since it's supposed to be for kids. Both of the main characters are bland, and the side characters are even more so. None of the characters are very fleshed out, and I couldn't care less about any of them. The One is the name of the guy who's in charge. The One Who Makes The Weapons, is an actual name for the dude who.makes weapons. ![]() The names of the bad guys are pretty juvenile. Kind of makes it had to figure out why these kids ended up fighting this weirdo anti-magic government. You're kind of dropped into the middle of a story that's already happening, and there's not enough backstory given throughout the entire thing. My son is in middle school, 8th grade to be exact. But every time I write a less than positive review about a middle-grade reader, some jackass always eventually makes a comment about how You're not the target audience!, or How would you know what kids like?! My little Johnny loved this one!.something along those line. See, when I read it, I thought it was pretty lame. Which means, I made my kid read this book, and then tell me what he thought about it. I'm doing something I'm calling the Nick Experiment for my review of this one. ![]()
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