Good book, good book

This is the kind of book which gets called 'zany,' but what it is, is brilliant. The prose flows perfectly, literate but quick and light. The premise and a lot of the characters are a bit cartoon-like - a little flat, brightly colored, larger than life: if you want a gritty, realistic book, or the 'written for you to be sure to relate to' pap that's so common in YA fiction, this novel is definitely not for you. If you want a fast-paced, engaging, complex, highly enjoyable ride that turns out to be a lot more nuanced than it initially seems, sign up now. The two-dimensional quality does lead to some stereotyping which I disliked at times and almost lost my interest early on in the novel. However, since this book is like living inside the wildest conspiracy theory ever, pretty much nothing is as it's initially represented, and it was well worth reading long enough to find that out. I'll be reading the sequels as soon as I get my hands on them. I hope they live up to the same standard.

Even though most of words in the book I didn't understand, for example the word "binary", the book is still good. Keep me reading day'n' night!!

Wow. Great start to an amazing series. Catherine Jinks hits the jackpot

i can symmpathise jedi. for some unknown reason this book cannot be put down easily. this book reminds me alot of artemis fowl. although i have to admit cadel piggot is nowhere near as engaging as the young artemis fowl.

This books surprised me. I've seen better writing, better developed characters, and better plots, but rarely has a books kept me reading it for six hour stretches, and this book did. While some of the research behind the book is of dubious quality, and there's something about it that just doesn't quite hang together, this is just such a fun read that you can ignore all that, and enjoy it anyway.