The Gates
Ratings8
Average rating3.5
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Ratings8
Average rating3.5
Series
3 primary booksSamuel Johnson is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by John Connolly.
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There is only really a few words to describe this book....WEIRD, funny, RANDOM. lol
Cute story about a boy saving the world from Hell's demonic army. I enjoyed it overall, but I found the footnotes, clearly aiming at humorous “edutainment”, came off a bit condescending (even for a YA title). I would suggest doing your best to ignore the footnotes until you've finished the book.
I didn't know what to expect going into this book. I picked it up on a whim looking for books to read in October. And the first couple pages I was not sure what kind of book I had chosen.
It turned out to be an entertaining and cute comedy about a young boy who spies on his neighbors and finds them getting taken over by demons who mean to open the gates of hell.
This book made me laugh out loud multiple times especially when the like-able demon Nurd was around. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would read it again.
I had a hard time letting go of its similarity to Good Omens. But my 9 year old and I enjoyed listening together to the last hour or so very much. So, my impatience with ‘plucky kids' and ‘cute demon' was mitigated by his pleasure, and his pleasure was great. He was very focused, and laughed lots.
