f18 's review for:

The Boy Who Made the World Disappear by Ben Miller

4.5

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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When I first learned about black holes in school I was fascinated with the idea of going into one and I devoured these type of "what if" science fiction stories that aim to teach you some real world things in an imaginative way. I would have loved this book then and to be honest it was an extremely enjoyable experience as an adult as well.

Ben Miller writes the point of view of someone having an outburst of anger so well. Harrison's frustrations and anxieties were palpable. He also narrated the audiobook himself and it was incredible! Highly reccommended,  though I'm sad I missed out on the illustrations.

There were just a few things in the story that niggled at me

mainly the bit with the wheelchair was hard to swallow, and I couldn't decide whether the narritive pointing out that it was wrong and then immediately doing it anyway was funny or insulting

, but nothing too distracting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying