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A review by katevane
What Milo Saw by Virginia Macgregor
4.0
I decided to stop reading this book. It was too whimsical, too saccharine. It’s about a kid! But it was such a fun, easy read I thought I’d read just one more page or maybe a chapter and within a day I’d read the whole thing.
This is the story of nine-year-old Milo who has retinitis pigmentosa. His condition means his vision is restricted to a pinhole. Meanwhile, Milo’s family is falling apart. His dad has left for another woman and his gran is going into a care home. Milo decides he has to bring his gran back home and that, while he may not be able to see the bigger picture, he is able to focus in on what matters.
The story has a cast of quirky characters, from Milo’s mum, a beautician who is letting herself go, to Gran and her fellow residents, to a Syrian refugee working as a chef at the care home. And yes, the plot is fairly predictable and the story doesn’t bear much relation to reality but along the way Milo does learn about the adult world of secrets and deception and why good people sometimes hurt each other.
Mainly though, it’s a page-turning, joyfully escapist story. Not saccharine but genuinely sweet.
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I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.
This is the story of nine-year-old Milo who has retinitis pigmentosa. His condition means his vision is restricted to a pinhole. Meanwhile, Milo’s family is falling apart. His dad has left for another woman and his gran is going into a care home. Milo decides he has to bring his gran back home and that, while he may not be able to see the bigger picture, he is able to focus in on what matters.
The story has a cast of quirky characters, from Milo’s mum, a beautician who is letting herself go, to Gran and her fellow residents, to a Syrian refugee working as a chef at the care home. And yes, the plot is fairly predictable and the story doesn’t bear much relation to reality but along the way Milo does learn about the adult world of secrets and deception and why good people sometimes hurt each other.
Mainly though, it’s a page-turning, joyfully escapist story. Not saccharine but genuinely sweet.
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I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.