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Mateus Machado mateusebenfa53 — First, the good. I enjoyed the overall story of Harrison and Dean's "investigation" into the murder of the dead boy, and I felt that I was able to see Harrison's world through his eyes perfectly. When you're 11 years old, it's impossible not to see the world with fascination and wonder, and this comes through loud and clear from Mr. Kelman's narrator. There were times when I read a passage and immediately was taken back to being a middle school student and knew I felt the exact same way. This is quite a feat, considering my middle school experience can in no way compare to Harrison's, and perhaps speaks to the underlying reality that on some level, children do experience similar revelations when confronted with similar events regardless of the way or place they experience these events. I also felt that underlying themes, such as the randomness of violence and that even in a difficult life certain children will still respond with happiness, were made without hitting you over the head with them. Finally, I appreciated some of the nuances of the character of Harrison. He is a child with a good heart who is nonetheless attracted to the security a gang might provide, but ultimately rejects the gang as he slowly learns how reprehensible its members actually are. But I only liked this novel because Mr. Kelman allows his narrator too much leeway to drift into meaningless observations and because I found it difficult for the first 100 pages or so to get into the mind of Harrison due to the use of an invented childlike vocabulary (donkey hours, hutious, dope-fine, bo-styles). Too much of what Harrison comments on felt like Mr. Kelman trying to drive the point home that Harrison is 11 and that he's trying to channel that voice in a faithful way. I understand the need to do this, especially for a first time author like Mr. Kelman, but it was done too bluntly and with too much repetition. It is Mr. Kelman's responsibility to corral his fictional charge from time to time to keep the focus on the story and not necessarily on the nonsensical thoughts that will of course pop into the perspective of an 11-year old. I can understand falling in love with a character you've created, but a character should primarily be a way of animating the content of a tale, and not every little idle thought of the character is going to do this. I am certain others will disagree with me and say that the vocabulary and the seemingly unfocused musings of Harrison are necessary to really understand the story. But for me personally, I found both of these issues to be distracting and that they ultimately detracted from the novel.

Ahmed Saeed costa_adam — I give Amelia Bedelia so many stars only because I also went through a "take everything literally" phase that drove my brother insane and he called me Amelia Bedelia. I was 20.

Exiga Francis fexiga — An interesting plot - a super wealthy businessman decides to give his spoiled daughter an unusual 21st birthday gift - she will have an adventure weekend with her friends where they get to play out a scenario to solve a crime. Trouble starts when a real kidnapping/ransom occurs and the kids quickly realize that people are really getting injured and killed. The book is a quick read and enjoyable. However, there so many characters (the kids, adventure organizers, kidnappers, innocent bystanders, police and the father) that it gets confusing at times.