Review: Book is okay
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
Interesting book.  My grandsons enjoyed it as it is a coming of age story as well as an adventure story.  There is some violence (beating) but it is handled well.  No gore.  The author earns additional points for treatment of verbal/influential bullying where the apprentice doesn't have analytical skills to handle it, and considers it a form of friendship.  Adults will consider it a children's book. Midway through it does plod along and I almost lost my grandsons' interest.  We made it through and they considered it a nice book but not outstanding.  They wanted some exciting action.  It wasn't there.