Post by elliej84 on Aug 4, 2016 19:24:54 GMT
Nine-year-old Milo Moon has retinitis pigmentosa: his eyes are slowly failing and he will eventually go blind. But for now he sees the world through a pin hole and notices things other people don't. When Milo's beloved gran succumbs to dementia and moves into a nursing home, Milo soon realises there's something wrong at the home. So with just Tripi, the nursing home's cook, and Hamlet, his pet pig, to help, Milo sets out on a mission to expose the nursing home and the sinister Nurse Thornhill.
Review
This book revolves around the central character of Milo, a 9 year old boy with an eye condition which makes him see differently to other people. The majority of the book is told from Milos perspective, although the odd chapter is written about the various different characters it didn’t jump around too much and a large proportion of it was very believable. The odd word here and there didn’t feel to me like a 9 year old would say it though.
Milo is having to adjust to his mum becoming a single parent and his nan being moved into a home. He see’s things that adults do not and this leads him to go on an investigative jaunt, along with his pet pig Hamlet and some other friends in the hopes of getting his nan back into the house.
In turns this book was amusing and quite poignant, I read this within a few days and enjoyed it immensely. I would recommend this for fans of The Curious Incident and rate it 5/5
Review
This book revolves around the central character of Milo, a 9 year old boy with an eye condition which makes him see differently to other people. The majority of the book is told from Milos perspective, although the odd chapter is written about the various different characters it didn’t jump around too much and a large proportion of it was very believable. The odd word here and there didn’t feel to me like a 9 year old would say it though.
Milo is having to adjust to his mum becoming a single parent and his nan being moved into a home. He see’s things that adults do not and this leads him to go on an investigative jaunt, along with his pet pig Hamlet and some other friends in the hopes of getting his nan back into the house.
In turns this book was amusing and quite poignant, I read this within a few days and enjoyed it immensely. I would recommend this for fans of The Curious Incident and rate it 5/5
