I found this book rather lacking and unimaginative. The whole time while reading I couldn't help but think, "the author simply took the Harry Potter concept and tried to copy it with a few tweeks".

I didn't care for any of the characters. I never identified with any fo them, accordingly, I didn't care what happened to them.

The most annoying part was how pro-leftist this book was. I got tired of hearing how evil humans were. It starts off by 'The People' (just think of the name) calling humans Mud People and that it was because of Mud People that they were forced to live underground. There are so many overt references to how humans are killing the planet and how evil we are and that we must answer for our atrocities, now this book is for young readers. Nothing quite like brainwashing them at a young age to the left.

There were some moderately entertaining parts and that is the only reason it didn't get a 1 star. As a whole I didn't really like this book and wouldn't recommend reading it.