A review by kirsty147
The Enemy, by Charlie Higson
4.0
A quick, easy read - although the subject matter is definitely not "easy". I'd urge caution to those readers who are very squeamish.
I'm not usually a YA reader, but I saw this reviewed and fancied a change, plus the first chapter had me hooked.
My one minor criticism is the overuse of the word "bare". I'm not the target audience for this book, so it might be me, but surely this is not common? For example "she's a bare good fighter", "things are going to be bare different", "some bare hard times", "this part of London is bare weird" etc. I could maybe understand one character having this affliction, but several characters of various ages say it regularly. As a proof-editor I couldn't help but cringe each time it was used. If I'd had anything to do with the publishing of this novel I'd certainly have been flagging it up.
I'm not usually a YA reader, but I saw this reviewed and fancied a change, plus the first chapter had me hooked.
My one minor criticism is the overuse of the word "bare". I'm not the target audience for this book, so it might be me, but surely this is not common? For example "she's a bare good fighter", "things are going to be bare different", "some bare hard times", "this part of London is bare weird" etc. I could maybe understand one character having this affliction, but several characters of various ages say it regularly. As a proof-editor I couldn't help but cringe each time it was used. If I'd had anything to do with the publishing of this novel I'd certainly have been flagging it up.