I purchased this book with the hopes that my 9 year old would relate to the content. His genre is mainly comic, mystery and drama. In reading the short excerp of the book I thought he could relate.
Within the prologue he became confused by the grammar. I then read the book and thought it was very enjoyable. I would have liked to hear more about what happened to his parents given the emphasis made toward the nightmares Monty was having. Given that you are led to believe Monty is a prodigical child who creates this "League" that was orginally his mothers dream is very reminisant of Xavier Institute of Higher Learning referenced from the early 70s comic Xmen.
Monty's technology advance cellular device, Wallace, could be compared to the tools utilitized by America's favorite super hero Batman. Monty, himself, could be seen in this book as the younger version of Bruce Wayne, given his intellect, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, physical prowess, an indomitable will, fear, and intimidation in his continuous war on crime.
Though I throughly admired the storyline. I can see why my 9 year old had a hard time grasping the content. This book though you assume is intended for youth just starting chapter books it really is a little advanced for them. My 11 year old just started reading the book at my advice and she said that is is confused by what some of the words mean but with reading the book on a Kindle she has the ability to immediately look the word up and see what the definition is and how it relates to the sentence that has her perplex. Something a 9 year old boy wouldn't waste the time on doing.
Lastly the cover of the book in my opinion wouldn't catch a youths attention. Maybe the League symbol or a picture of Monty and Jeeves would catch some attention.
Thank you, Mr. Thompson, for bringing me back to my childhood for a few hours while reading your book. This household looks forward to Monty's next risky venture.
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