Meltdown (Boy Soldier) |
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Andy McNab, Robert Rigby
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Pages: 304 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0385608063
Pub: Doubleday
Pub date: 2007-05-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7252
Reader Reviews:
Gutted that I have finished it!!! (0/0 people found this helpful)
Very easy to read, very hard to put down! Being in my mid 30's with the heart and imagination of a teenager this was a dream book for me. I would recommend to any armchair soldier. My only regret is that I did not start at the begining of the Boy Soldier series. I have just ordered the the full set!!! Enjoy...
Not Just for Kids (0/0 people found this helpful)
I was hesitant to try the Boy Soldier books as I thought they were for teenagers. Well they are, but adults who enjoy a quick, fun read will appreciate this one as well. I've read most of his "adult" novels--trying to go through the whole list of his books at greymansland.com, the Andy McNab website--and now I'm going to read his "kids" books too.
Great, fun read for any age group!
Grand finale (0/0 people found this helpful)
Pity that this is the last of the "Boy Soldier" series, but then at 18 Danny is hardly likely to enjoy being called a boy.
The author/authors tend to forget at times that this book was aimed at yougsters and there is no shortage of bad language. Would Mr McNab like his daughter to be subjected to this?
The book is easily, for me, the best of the series so far, but Elena is sadly missed. I felt the last quarter was rather shallow, superficial and rushed - perhaps we had a deadline to meet.
All in all, as am adult, it was a thoroughly good read.
If you have read the previous three in the series, then read this one.
If you haven't, then start at number one and read the entire series.
Another great story from McNab (1/1 people found this helpful)
What a great finish! It is a real shame it has ended though. But if you like McNab's stories it says on his website andymcnab.co.uk he is launching short audio stories for mobiles phones - sounds interesting.
Can this really be the end? (6/6 people found this helpful)
What a fantastic finale! I say that but at the same time I think it's a travesty that Meltdown is the last book of this excellent series - can the authors and publishers not be encouraged to continue it??
What I loved particularly about Meltdown was the fact that the authors successfully went for yet another topical and challenging subject and made it interesting, engaging and thought-provoking but also ultimately entertaining. Reading the Boy Soldier series inspired me to try one of Andy McNab's adult books but I'm afraid I didn't like it at all - despite being for 'young people' I find the Boy Soldier books far superior (and more mature) in every way, particularly in terms of the writing and characterisation. And that I know a wide variety of people between the ages of 12 and 80 who have also read and loved them all I think illustrates this perfectly.
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