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Loaned from Amelia.
Rating: 2/5
Pages: 314
Started: 16 February 2023
Finished: 16 February 2023
Summary:
Q's life has changed a lot recently, and he isn't quite sure what to make of it. For one, his mother has remarried, so now has both a stepfather and a stepsister, Angela--she's a few years older than he is, and she wants to be a spy just like her mother. For another, Q's mother and her new husband are going on tour. Their new album has been wildly successful, so they're loading their family into an RV and performing across the country. When Angela and Q meet an undercover agent who tells them Angela's deceased mother might not be dead after all, the two are thrown into an adventure full of danger, intrigue, and quick thinking.
Thoughts:
Well. This book was certainly something.
The idea wasn't bad; I can imagine reading it as a kid and being fascinated. There's a lot of interesting technical ideas included, especially spy terminology. WitSec, secret service processes, terrorist-seeking language. And the plot is fun, lots of kids with cool skills going on adventures and outsmarting people.
But the writing. Oh my god, the writing. I'm honestly not sure how an editor let some these things through. A kid was threatened with a knife, and we're blessed with "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't absolutely terrified. And it wasn't just the knife tip stuck between my second and third ribs." Sir. This sounds like the kid is stabbed and bleeding out!
This book was a bit of a bust, but I can see it being pretty fun for the right audience. A re-write, and it could be excellent.