5/23/2023 0 Comments Liam digby cosmicI love how the story is a kind of new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I love how Liam figures out his course of action by comparing life to World of Warcraft levels (note to self: have a WoW player read this and comment). How could I have forgotten how much I love this author? I even want to go back and reread the others now. Love! I would be reading this on the train and be very sad when my stop came and I had to put it away. This is one of my favorite books of this year, and I shall give it to everyone I see. He is a master of setting up scenes and writing dialogue. Boyce balances these potentially contrived, sappy topics with pitch-perfect humor. In this case, he explores the psychological implications of seeing the earth from space with the concept of "dadliness," what makes a person a parent. One of the things that I love about Boyce's books is how he includes very philosophical ideas but makes them very accessible. It's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with a bit of Space Odyssey and World of Warcraft thrown in. And now everything has gone wrong and it's up to him to get them all home safely again. So much so that he finds himself in outer space, with a bunch of kids, who think he's a dad. So much so that he is continuously mistaken for an adult. This is how we meet Liam, a twelve-year old boy who looks much older.
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