Review by wildflowerz76 - Charlie Bone Lúc Nửa Đêm

wildflowerz76 's review for:

3.0

I picked this up a while ago because it looked interesting. This past week, one of the librarians at my public library recommended it, saying it was like Harry Potter. Okay, is IS like Harry Potter in a few respects. There are evil adults for no reason (though it's way more like A Series of Unfortunate Events in that respect). The main character is orphan-like (though he's a lot more Charlie Bucket than Potter). There's a sort of magic (though a lot lamer and more left to chance than anything). But the feel of it? The world-building? Not so much. The hero of this story seems intent to tell anyone and everyone the secrets that he's only supposed to tell someone he "trusts with his life." But he tells kids after he's known them for 5 minutes. He tells his uncle who he seems to have barely talked to until now and whose sisters are evil. Yes, he turns out okay, but it's not the best judgement call. Charlie as the hero of this story is a little lame too. I mean, he barely uses his "endowment." The only ones who seem to use theirs are the bad guys.

Overall, this wasn't a bad book, but there were some big flaws.