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by Robert Muchamore
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YA Books I like rated it 10 years ago
Wow, it's a great novel set in the UK, so some of the speech is a little strange and the kids in the novel seem quite advanced on adult subjects. CHERUB is a SPY SCHOOL for kids, mostly Orphans who work hard and become spies of course acting and posing as regular kids. This is book one and a promisi...
All About Books
All About Books rated it 11 years ago
When James Choke's mother dies, it looks as though he's on the fast track to a young offender's institution. It seems as though luck is on his side, however, when he is recruited into CHERUB, a secret branch of the government that trains and uses children as spies.The Recruit covers James's inductio...
Emy's Book Blog
Emy's Book Blog rated it 12 years ago
When James Choke's mother dies, it looks as though he's on the fast track to a young offender's institution. It seems as though luck is on his side, however, when he is recruited into CHERUB, a secret branch of the government that trains and uses children as spies.The Recruit covers James's inductio...
Kribu
Kribu rated it 12 years ago
I liked the premise (not that "use children as spies" is particularly unique) and from what I saw here and there, I was expecting the CHERUB series to top Alex Rider.Unfortunately while the story itself wasn't bad, the writing was... well. I'll try to be kind and assume that it was written either fo...
Worlds Inside Books
Worlds Inside Books rated it 13 years ago
CHERUB is an spy agency where the agents are children. Nobody would suspect a child to be dangerous because many adults think children don’t know anything and aren’t able of doing anything. So they are ideal spies. They can enter places and find out things adults wouldn’t be allowed to.The Recruit i...
Brave as a Bear
Brave as a Bear rated it 13 years ago
Review taken from my blog, The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia.A big thanks to all you lovelies who voted for The Recruit for Vintages Reads. I definitely enjoyed being able to re-read this one for the fourth time (makes me really want to get on re-reading the other five I have).Ya'll know I love a goo...
AnnaMatsuyama
AnnaMatsuyama rated it 13 years ago
It was better than I expected. The first chapters I liked very much, unfortunately after James woke up in CHERUB it started to get a bit worse but it wasn’t too bad. The three main things that I didn’t enjoy were- character behaviour. At one point they could act mature and at the next moment beyond ...
The City Of Invention
The City Of Invention rated it 15 years ago
Robert Muchamore's cherub books have sold in vast numbers and I'm told that a film is in the offing. So I had to read one to see how he does it. The answer is plot, plot and more plot. Setting and characterisation are kept to a minimum. Instead the book explodes off the first page into a firework di...
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