A review by heyshay07
Hollow Earth, by Carole E. Barrowman, John Barrowman

4.0

I have never seen Doctor Who so that doesn't influence my opinion at all for better or worse. I thought the whole concept of the Hollow Earth Society and animare who can animate drawings was pretty original and interesting. I liked the plot and thought it was a good fantasy book with enough mystery and action to keep it going. The only thing I really couldn't stand was how the authors wrote the characters. Jumping around to everyone's perspective made it disjointed and the kids were naive and annoying. The subject is a tad dark and probably best for middle school but Matt and Em are straight out of Leave It to Beaver. I don't know that they would be super relatable to middle school kids. They also whine way to much. So in summary- interesting plot but mediocre characters. However, I liked it enough to buy the second book.