Title: Don't compare this book to Harry Potter!!
Product review: From the opening lines, this book grabs you and takes you on a fast-paced ride! Its fun, exciting, gritty and real, despite being a fantasy novel. The reason I say not to compare this book to the Harry Potter books is because I don't view them as being in the same class. Sure, they are both young adult fantasy novels, but there is one key difference: Harry Potter reads more like a cartoon. Many of the things that occur and characters involved are deliberately "fluffed" (for lack of a better word). Most things come across as cute or charming.McHale has no such compunctions. He leaves things dirty and real. He doesn't idealize his characters or the situations in which they find themselves. Its an incredibly refreshing twist in the young adult genre: a genre that I believe is becoming bloated with cutesy, "Potteresque" spinoffs. (read: A Series of Unfortunate Events or The Magickers. What a stinker!!)
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