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ruthelibrarian's review
3.0
Literary Merit: Good
Characterization: Great
Recommended: Recommended
Level: Middle School
"The Giant Smugglers" by Chris Pauls and Matt Solomon is a character driven story that sets the story up well in at the start, and leads to a fast paced second half. Readers who enjoyed Dahl's BFG will find a readalike in this tale. Ultimately, the writing is held back by some confusing sentences in the middle and end. Otherwise, worth picking up!
Characterization: Great
Recommended: Recommended
Level: Middle School
"The Giant Smugglers" by Chris Pauls and Matt Solomon is a character driven story that sets the story up well in at the start, and leads to a fast paced second half. Readers who enjoyed Dahl's BFG will find a readalike in this tale. Ultimately, the writing is held back by some confusing sentences in the middle and end. Otherwise, worth picking up!
scoleman's review against another edition
2.0
Did not finish. The characterization in this novel was unfortunately weak. I found it a bit like a novelization of an action movie. The characters are put in place to serve a particular purpose in the story and thus were not developed in a way that I found meaningful.
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