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 The Sleepwalker May 29, 2008
The Sleepwalker by Robert Muchamore is a gripping novel telling the story of James Adams, the heroic yet lazy teenage spy and his friends. The novel is aimed at young adults who enjoy action thrillers and intoxicating suspense. The novel has a mix of fantasy and reality but in all is very believable.
The story is about a young boy named Fahim who calls the police reporting that it was his father who caused a recent aeroplane crash. James' sister is called into befriend Fahim and find out the truth.
The book is a good read for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it is the story of every teenagers dream. Armed with lock picks and listening bugs the teenage spies are the one way to find the truth because no adult ever suspects a child.
Also, the books aren't too unrealistic. Underneath all the agents are all teenagers and have the same desires. Unlike Alex Rider, the agents make mistakes and in the end all they really care about is who's going out with who.
The book is almost flawless and the only negativity one can think of is that the book moves at such an astonishing pace you cannot keep up and may lose the plot.
I think that I personally enjoyed the book because it managed to merge typical teenager with heroic super spy. This combination proved to be very affective. The book affected me by making me wish that I too was a CHERUB (the agency that James and his friends work for) agent and shared all their gadgets and skills.
I think that this is an almost perfect read and I definitely recommend it to any reader, especially to anyone in their teenage years.
Another Epic Novel by Robert Muchomore May 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
James is in trouble again on Cherub Campus. He's got to do work experience and he's hoping it's all to do with motorbikes. But it the opposite of what he wanted to and who he wanted to work with. Meanwhile a plane has crashed into the Atlantic. A distressed boy rings the terrorist hotline. The fear in his voice must mean something but what? The boy's call is classed as a category grade 4 (Prank call). Mac's children were among those who died in the plane crash. He's back at cherub going through the calls and comes across this one. Lauren and Jake have to work together on finding out if the boy's right. But there are two problems. Firstly the boy has a history of emotional problems and violence. Secondly, Jake and Lauren hate each other! Read this amazing book and find out what happens.
Go Lauren! April 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Robert Muchamore's latest CHERUB thriller is as gripping and exciting as all his previous books. I stayed up till 2.00am to finish this one. I especially love the fact that James' 13-year-old sister Lauren is becoming an active, resourceful and brave agent. Yay. Girl power.
 good but it doesnt half annoy me March 26, 2008
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
i have read all the cherub books and i am not knocking them as a good, teenage book that most would find as a lighthearted easy read. However, i can't escape the fact that everytime i read the books i am constantly infuriated by the charcters descriptions and personality's. Muchamore makes such a fuss of trying to make 'james adams' the idol for teenager constantly hammering home how good looking he is and never ending success with women. frankly, it becomes annoying and seems as though muchamore is trying to represent what he thought he was when he was in his teens. The style 'james adams' adopts such as tracksuit bottoms to skater clothes once again annoys me as its complete lack of depth shows just how unaware muchamore is of current styles and fashions.
Further more, the character of lauren adams also gets to me as, like james, she is given no floors and is a very bascic representation of a girl in her early teens. All in all, yes i do enjoy reading cherub books for what they are and that is a easy read but the obvious 'brown nosing' relationship Muchamore has with his characters makes me very angry. The sunday times quotes : 'punchy, exiting and whats more you'll completely wish it was true'. Well yes i would like it if it was true so i could go kick james's and his little chums heads in.
Thanks March 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to admit that I wasn't a big book fan and I recently got a PS3 and in return I had to read an hour a day for my mum and dad.
I hadn't a clue what to read and my mum went in to a book shop and asked the supervisor 'what should I get?' and he recommended the Sleepwalker. I started reading this and I was amazed I have never read a better book (I haven't read many).
I have now got the first book in the Cherub series and I am really looking forward to reading this.
I would like to say thanks to my mum and dad and the author, Robert Muchamore for making a great book!
10/10 Joe 13
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