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A review by ianuh
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
5.0
Update: 6/19/18
I'm giving this a full 5 stars because I loved the book so much that I don't even remember nor care about what I took a 0.5 off. I still keep thinking about it and I want to read it again, and so you see, I'm still in a book hangover a full month later. That's how powerful this is.
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Original review
*4.5
This was a very remarkable story! I absolutely love historical fiction and this might be one of my top ones! There was lots of pace and action, the dialogue was realistic, the whole setting of the story, the way the book takes you to Germany, back to the past in a child's eyes, all of it was just amazing. It was gripping, educational and surprisingly funny at times. The theatre aspect of it was also very interesting to see because it shaped the main character herself. Although, I had some trouble with the foreign words used (I literally had google translate open every three sentences) and some parts of the story were just so conveniently placed that sometimes problems were solved just by sheer luck and not because of the characters solving them. That only happened occasionally though, but that's still where the .5 came off. Overall, I really enjoyed reading the book.
I'm giving this a full 5 stars because I loved the book so much that I don't even remember nor care about what I took a 0.5 off. I still keep thinking about it and I want to read it again, and so you see, I'm still in a book hangover a full month later. That's how powerful this is.
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Original review
*4.5
This was a very remarkable story! I absolutely love historical fiction and this might be one of my top ones! There was lots of pace and action, the dialogue was realistic, the whole setting of the story, the way the book takes you to Germany, back to the past in a child's eyes, all of it was just amazing. It was gripping, educational and surprisingly funny at times. The theatre aspect of it was also very interesting to see because it shaped the main character herself. Although, I had some trouble with the foreign words used (I literally had google translate open every three sentences) and some parts of the story were just so conveniently placed that sometimes problems were solved just by sheer luck and not because of the characters solving them. That only happened occasionally though, but that's still where the .5 came off. Overall, I really enjoyed reading the book.