Reviews

Polaris by Michael Northrop

hayleybeale's review against another edition

3.0

Fast-paced historical scifi adventure about 6 boys sailing the Polaris back from Brazil after a mysterious incident has killed many of the crew and the rest have abandoned ship. It turns out that they're not alone....Ideal for middle school readers who like a side of horror with their shipboard spec fic. See my full review here.

Thanks to Scholastic and Netgalley for the digital review copy

the_fabric_of_words's review against another edition

5.0

This one was a favorite of my son! He said it was scary, but not overly so. Loved the scientific speculation based on the zombie fungus, ophiocordyceps unilateralis. Pure fun!

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auntbreesqreads's review

5.0

Thanks to the @kidlitexchange network for the review copy of this book - all opinions are my own. This book was released on Halloween of this year (2017) and now I see why. I honestly just thought this was like a survival story of boys alone on a ship. It's actually quite creepy (in a good way).

Definitely recommend this read around Halloween, especially if you like stories of friendship and overcoming hardship to survive. And since it's middle grade, it was a pretty quick read.

truestorydesu's review against another edition

3.0

What kind of ship's crew abandons the ship's boys to die on a ship with a murderous ant-beast? What a shitty crew.

riotbatgrrl's review against another edition

3.0

It was fine, but I would consider the descriptions of the antagonist to be gross rather than scary.

I also had a very, very hard time buying that the fungus would turn you into an ant-person. That's not... how that works........? I just don't get it. A fungus cannot change a mammal into an arthropod! This kinda ruined the whole concept for me tbh.

Like, props for trying something new, and it certainly was creative, but also maybe there's a reason no one had come up with that idea before.