Review: The Worst Breakfast

The Worst Breakfast by China Miéville
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

That was a lot of strange words! And some of them I didn't know. Actually, some of those I still don't know. In summary, it's a good idea for a children's book, with a simple take away message, which is not spelled out and chewed, and a bunch of interesting words to learn, which kids probably will not see in a book anytime soon. But there are two big buts. The illustrations are terrible. And it's not just me, my sob didn't like them as well, and the average rating of 3.1 indicates that a lot of other people share our opinion. A bunch of words without any context, other than probably being food items, will stay just a bunch of words and won't make their way into vocabulary. So 3 stars seems like a fair rating.

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