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A review by kcsunshine25
What Milo Saw by Virginia Macgregor
5.0
What a lovely, sweet, well observed story. Comparisons will be drawn with the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, in that it is a young boy with a disability who seeks to uncover a wrong doing.
The story is told mostly from Milo's point of view with interludes from his mum Sandy, Gran Lou and Tripi a homeless refugee that Milo befriends.
Milo's beloved Gran has to live in a care home because at 9 years old and being only partially sighted he can't look after her anymore. I absolutely loved the relationship between Milo and Lou. It was just how a grandma/grandson relationship should be. He dotes on her, she dotes on him. It was a very special bond.
I have had the unfortunate experience of a number of care homes and sadly the events described by Virginia MacGregor are all too common place. The crap food. The lack of tolerance. The medication to make them sleep. The stealing and bruises too.
I don't have any experience of teacup pigs, but I think I would rather like one.
Milo, bless him with his degenerative eye condition, is an observer. A caring soul who is old beyond his years with a heart of pure gold.
What Milo Saw is well written with a good pace and a story that flows perfectly. All the threads are neatly tied up at the end - more or less!
It's a book that would be perfectly suitable to older children wanting to get out of standard children's book fodder into something a little more grown up.
I received an ARC for an honest review.
The story is told mostly from Milo's point of view with interludes from his mum Sandy, Gran Lou and Tripi a homeless refugee that Milo befriends.
Milo's beloved Gran has to live in a care home because at 9 years old and being only partially sighted he can't look after her anymore. I absolutely loved the relationship between Milo and Lou. It was just how a grandma/grandson relationship should be. He dotes on her, she dotes on him. It was a very special bond.
I have had the unfortunate experience of a number of care homes and sadly the events described by Virginia MacGregor are all too common place. The crap food. The lack of tolerance. The medication to make them sleep. The stealing and bruises too.
I don't have any experience of teacup pigs, but I think I would rather like one.
Milo, bless him with his degenerative eye condition, is an observer. A caring soul who is old beyond his years with a heart of pure gold.
What Milo Saw is well written with a good pace and a story that flows perfectly. All the threads are neatly tied up at the end - more or less!
It's a book that would be perfectly suitable to older children wanting to get out of standard children's book fodder into something a little more grown up.
I received an ARC for an honest review.