Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by foxynz
The Midnight Gang by David Walliams
2.0
I have loved Walliams' stories since I was spell bound by "Awful Aunty" but I have been less impressed with his last two books, Grandpa's great escape, and this one, The Midnight Gang.
The Midnight Gang was very slow to get started, and was trying to be funny with the Dr trying to fill out a ridiculous form, but it wasn't amusing to myself, or my 2 children I was reading aloud to. I felt this way with GGE as well. Things eventually improved halfway through the book, but I felt it could have been much shorter and snappier - is there really any need for it to be > 400 pages?!
I thought there was going to be a death in this story, given Walliams propensity for tackling difficult, dark subjects and I'm not sure if I'm relieved or disappointed there wasn't.
I will keep reading and buying his books, because we do enjoy reading them together, but I hope he has some more interesting stuff to write next time.
The Midnight Gang was very slow to get started, and was trying to be funny with the Dr trying to fill out a ridiculous form, but it wasn't amusing to myself, or my 2 children I was reading aloud to. I felt this way with GGE as well. Things eventually improved halfway through the book, but I felt it could have been much shorter and snappier - is there really any need for it to be > 400 pages?!
I thought there was going to be a death in this story, given Walliams propensity for tackling difficult, dark subjects and I'm not sure if I'm relieved or disappointed there wasn't.
I will keep reading and buying his books, because we do enjoy reading them together, but I hope he has some more interesting stuff to write next time.