3.72 AVERAGE

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It's not harry Potter, really it's not! The young boy with the mean relatives only lost ONE of his parents in a mysterious car accident, and he's not a wizard, he's endowed, and the kids at the mysterious bording school get to go home for weekends... ok, it is kind of Harry Potter, or riding that bandwagon, anyway, but it's different, too. It's got a bit more of a mythic feel. Anyway, it was interesting enough that I'll be reading volume #2.

I understand the Harry Potter comparisons, but it's like comparing the flour and sugar in my cupboard to freshly baked cookies. Sure, the ingredients are there, but without someone who knows how to put them together, what does it matter?

Es hat so viel Spass gemacht, mein Favorit aus meiner Kindheit (neben Harry Potter natürlich
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I absolutely adored this book. It was fun, fast and completely engaging. I read it in less than a day and could not get enough! I am so looking forward to reading the next book. The only thing I did not like about this book was that I kept reading it as Charlie Boone instead of Charlie Bone, otherwise this was absolutely amazing.

Very bad, very obvious Harry Potter rip off. Do not bother.
adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Harry Potter lovers may be turned off by the (seemingly) similar story, but try it.

We finished Harry Potter, so Q's on to Charlie Bone...