This was much better than I had been expecting. I had had this one on my To-Read list for a long time, since my brother read it ages ago, but it was always one that I kept on putting off because it didn't look too interesting.
I was wrong! I actually did really enjoy this book. The quality of the writing wasn't spectacular, there wasn't enough characterisation or world building, but there was enough to make it good. There was little bits and pieces which told you that actually Luke lives in a very different society than we do, but I almost felt like it wasn't explored enough. Characters were pretty weak, there wasn't enough life to them. and the fact that Luke was a troublemaker... the jokes he made were seriously nerd jokes. but it was bearable.
It wasn't one of those books that calls to you, that you wish you were reading all hours of the day, but it did have a certain pull to it - whenever I started reading I found it very hard to put down.
Overall, pretty good book. I would recommend and I will probably read the next one (want to find out what happens!)