kailey_luminouslibro's Reviews (3.79k)

I like the charm of an old-fashioned novel, but this one was not that well written. The plot was fractured, the characters bland, and the writing redundant. A good one to read in bed while sick maybe, when one needs something bland to fill up the time, but not an exciting book. Great for kids!

Wonderful story and interesting characters! I loved it! But I was surprised at the rather mild sexual references that wouldn't be appropriate for young teens.

This book is life-changing and encouraging! It has made me closer to God than I've ever been in my life! They tell the gospel story from a completely different perspective that really wakes you up to the reality of what God is doing in the world. It's full of Scripture and wonderfully written!

Beautiful tragic romance that made me cry at the end. Scott does wander off into seemingly purposeless rambles, with extra characters who have no usefulness in the story, but I forgive him b/c the rest of the writing is so very good.



I love the characters and the story line! The writing is exactly designed to sweep one away to another world, another time.



They say that he wrote most of the book whilst he was deliriously ill by dictating to his editor/publisher Ballantyne. Maybe that accounts for some of the gaps in places where I wish he would have written more in a particular scene, and for the long rambles in other places. ha ha!

This is such an interesting book for boys! I wish my brothers could have read this when they were young. I can just imagine some young kid reading this and getting really interested in science. There's non-stop adventure, and I love the bantering rivalry and funny hijinks! I love that the Club really works together as a team, and they are loyal to each other, and always ready to help out with whatever new scheme they've concocted. So much fun!