The Wish List—Eoin Colfer
Recommended to me by my daughter Ceilidh. From the same author as the excellent Artemis Fowl.
This is an enjoyable romp of a book. Preferably to be read at a single sitting [out in the sun]. Good lol bits, heroes and anti-heroes, fab baddies and an appeal to the geek in me.
As with all the best kid/young person/teenager books there’s a healthy dose of anti-authoritarianism in there too. The TV studio scenes are the most enjoyable in the book for this reason.
Though this is a good book, you’re better off reading Artemis Fowl. I dare say a few thoughts on the second in the Fowl series before too long, as soon as I pry it out of Orfhlaith’s hands.
posted by pault at 12:11, 09 August 2003 | books