I read this book because I was lent it by a friend. It was a book consisting of a weak plot and shallow characters - I know that sounds brutal but it's true. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the book. it was funny, but it just didn't have any excitement in it and it didn't really stir up emotions in me either. the bits that made me laugh were good.

This was a long book! I liked the way it was written though.
I thought it was quite brave of the author to create a character like Katsa, since I think she was meant to be quite unlikeable. I liked the slow but steady character development, and I did like all the characters.
my only problem was that it was such a slow book. it would take 2 pages just to explain a situation and reiterate it, and then tell a bit of what happened. I guess I got used to it while reading.
I liked it.

I did like this book.
I was looking forward to reading it, and I was disappointed when I started it. In the beginning, the book seemed to have no plot, our character seemed to have no ability to form many thoughts, and to be honest I didn't really like Stephen that much (that's another thing - what was with the names? I can't just about cope with Stephen , but Carol?? I'm pretty sure I've never met a Carol under the age of 70)
But then the book started to pick up. It began to make more sense, have a bit more life to it as well. In the end I began to like Stephen, and to be able to hear his voice with his thoughts, rather than only the cold narration the book began with. So technically, I'm giving this book 3.5 stars, but it wasn't quite good enough to round up. There's not many people I would recommend this to, because of the quickness of it I would recommend it to younger readers but then I wouldn't be able to do that because of the amount of swearing in it. Not really sure who I would recommend this to. Another thing, I expected this book to take me about 2 days to read... it took me a week. It just wasn't gripping enough to convince me to read it, so I kept on putting in off.

I enjoyed this book! the last Malorie Blackman book I read was Noughts and Crosses, which wasn't exactly a feel-good story. This one, however, showed the more lighthearted side of Malorie Blackman's writing. It was a nice easy read, with likeable characters. pretty predictable and with a few plot holes, but nice. I felt that the world this book was set in was not very well planned, or at least not very well explained. there was quite a few obvious differences, but some things I just found very hard to imagine and so I skipped over. Nevertheless, I did enjoy this book. (also I thought it was pretty cool that the website addresses at the end of the book are actually real websites :D)

I liked this book.
The writing was a bit simplistic, but the storyline was so good that it didn't really matter. it actually made the book flow better, because all you wanted to do was find out what happened in the end.
It was definitely different from anything I've read before. It had a thought-provoking ending.
I liked the weird little quirky bits about this book, such as Stanley Yelnats is the same backwards and all. I liked the characters, and I liked the weird back story.
I enjoyed this book a lot and I would recommend it.

This was one of those books that I was really excited about. I was in the library, restraining myself from getting any books out due to the large pile I already have at home, when I saw this one. And there was no stopping myself getting this one, I just had to read it. I hadn't even realised that Morris Gleitzman had written a fifth book!
I remember loving all the other books (apart from Now) soo much, loving the simplistic style and the light-hearted voice of Felix narrating through horrible war scenes.
But, sometime since then, my tastes in reading have changed.
This book just didn't give me enough to be satisfied. There was too much "Felix got in trouble, then five minutes later he was in more trouble, so then he did a really difficult operation in what felt like two minutes, and then got in more trouble, all in the same chapter."
Or at least that's what it felt like.
I remember reading Morris Gleitzman's tips to aspiring writers, and he said something about "I just focus on the feelings I want to get across in each chapter." However, I felt like this book had a severe lack of emotion, or at least was lacking something which meant it was hard to get that close to the characters.
I think these books are great for younger children or tweens who want to learn more about the war. However, I didn't particularly enjoy this book.

Actual rating, 4.5 stars. I just didn't feel justified giving this one the 5 stars I gave to Champion, since it just wasn't quite to the same standard.
the start of the book was the slowest part, and I found that once I got used to Anne's innocent and young voice (although she was 22) then I found I just absolutely had to know what happened next.
It's a funny story, because you ultimately know what happens at the end, you're still captivated. Or, at least, I was, anyway.
I liked all the little historical facts in it, the vivid storytelling which contained so much trivia about that time period and taught me so much. I love these types of informative-yet-still-interesting books. I've always thought that everything could be learned from books, and not only from the non-fiction kind.
I definitely liked this book, could say that I loved this book, and I will certainly be reading more from Mary Hooper in the future.

I wasn't wowed by this book.
Although the book itself constantly pointed out its cliché comments, all of the characters were completely cliché as well and even if that was what the author was trying to do, I didn't enjoy it much.
Juliet, The teenage blonde with a girly name and an empty head.
Artemis, the 12 year old genius.
Butler, the tough bodyguard.
Holly, the determined fighter.
Root, the grumpy but eventually likeable man of authority.
Foaly, the sassy science guy.
Mulch, the clever thief.
Now, there's nothing wrong with these types of characters. It's just that they all had absolutely no personality, other than what I just mentioned. They're that easy to explain. They're not complicated or quirky or unpredictable or anything. They are just... that.
Also, I felt that the book was kind of contradicting itself in a funny way. Artemis was made out to be sooo smart, yet I never really got that impression. Root was the best commander out there, and I also never got that impression. Mulch was scared to death of going anywhere near the surface, so he decided on a career of basically living above ground. Like, what?
It was a good book, maybe for tweenage boys or similar. I'm hoping the series will get better. This one just didn't cut it for me.