Boom!

This book was definitely a fun little romp. Just the right pacing and level of danger, with excitement balanced with the familiar of a kid's routine and family.

On a more critical level, I was impressed (though not surprised, given how well he did this in The curious incident of the dog in the night time) by how well Haddon managed to capture the voice of a kid—their hopes and fears and misunderstandings felt very real to me, and not at all like the affectations of an adult imitating youth.