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I loved this. What the heck took me so long to read it? Great voice, lots of surprises - at least, I didn't see them coming, and lovely language as well.
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SLOB is a book with a good heart, even if it has a slightly confusing set of characters and plot lines.
Slob is a really well written book. The main character has had extremely difficult changes two years ago. He's trying to build a machine that can see in to the past,and his oreo cookies keep getting stolen.
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This book features a fat kid that is a genius. (cut that- actually 1 point away from a genius.) Uhhh....... yeah.
Brilliant! Loved it! The characters are so real and their feelings palpable.
3.5
I can see the appeal of the hapless hero narrative for middle grade male readers, but I found this book slow. Halfway through I lost interest and couldn't tell what central storyline was going to develop.
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