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emslovestoread's review against another edition
3.0
I didn’t like this one quite as much as the first, but it was still exciting. It’ll be fun to discuss with my student!
duchessofreadin's review against another edition
5.0
William thinks that he is to old for the castle that Mrs. Phillips gave him. Granted he has had it for a few years, and he is now twelve. Her birthday present is a mystery to everyone but William - he knows exactly what it is, and he is itching to get back to the castle and use it.
Telling Jason the story, the boys make plans to go back to the castle, and see what adventure is awaiting them. They are in for the journey of a lifetime, but they do not know it yet!
But now, they must defend the castle against a force of rats, who are unlike any rats anyone has ever seen. Whether or not they are going to succeed depends on the strength of those inside the castle and whether or not they can find a way to survive until help comes...
Great book! I am going to read this one outloud to the boys, and see what they think of these characters.
Telling Jason the story, the boys make plans to go back to the castle, and see what adventure is awaiting them. They are in for the journey of a lifetime, but they do not know it yet!
But now, they must defend the castle against a force of rats, who are unlike any rats anyone has ever seen. Whether or not they are going to succeed depends on the strength of those inside the castle and whether or not they can find a way to survive until help comes...
Great book! I am going to read this one outloud to the boys, and see what they think of these characters.
purplemerchant's review against another edition
2.0
I almost ALWAYS finish books. It might take me a while, but unless there is something I absolutely can't stand, I'll finish it. Unfortunately, this book had the "something I can't stand." I liked the first book in this series, so I was excited to read this. I enjoyed it, but then I came to the rats. Ugggghhhh. This was a few years ago, and it completely freaked me out to have an onslaught of zombie rats to defeat. I never ended up finishing it, but I might go ack to it and see if the rats are less creepy.
just_fighting_censorship's review against another edition
3.0
This time William's annoying friend joins him and they meet a girl at the castle their age. The new girl character starts our strong but ends up playing nurse and cook when the real action starts up. The villain in this book is just a nameless rat of darkness which sounds really interesting but is never really explained or fleshed out in any meaningful way.
A charming book, but to my dismay, the shrinking factor is minimized in this sequel (pun intended).
A charming book, but to my dismay, the shrinking factor is minimized in this sequel (pun intended).
carringtonshaw's review against another edition
5.0
I recently reread this and the book that it follows before giving them as gifts to my friends. As when I was a kid, I felt that this was sort of an unbalanced continuation of the story--yet just like when I was a kid, it didn't really seem to matter because the story was still really good! Like its precursor, I really wish they'd make these into films. I would watch as an adult.
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