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A review by charlottexclarkson
The Edge by Alan Gibbons
1.0
I really, really, really did not like this book at all.
I thought the plot was very boring and tedious and I found the story dragged on impossibly long. I didn't find myself caring very much about the characters either - I mean, the only one I actually did like was the racist grandfather who redeemed himself by not being racist. Other than that, I really didn't like the characters at all: Danny was big-headed, Cathy was naive, Joan and Des were silly, pointless side characters and Chris wasn't in it that much.
I also found myself disapointed with the ending. It was too happy and very anticlimactic.
Although the writing in this book isn't bad, I still didn't like it very much, however it was unlikely I would have liked it anyway as this genre isn't my favourite.
I thought the plot was very boring and tedious and I found the story dragged on impossibly long. I didn't find myself caring very much about the characters either - I mean, the only one I actually did like was the racist grandfather who redeemed himself by not being racist. Other than that, I really didn't like the characters at all: Danny was big-headed, Cathy was naive, Joan and Des were silly, pointless side characters and Chris wasn't in it that much.
I also found myself disapointed with the ending. It was too happy and very anticlimactic.
Although the writing in this book isn't bad, I still didn't like it very much, however it was unlikely I would have liked it anyway as this genre isn't my favourite.