Started: October 14, 2017
Finished: October 14, 2017
Language: English
Rating: 4/5 stars
Now it’s not very nice to use little girls as live bait to catch monsters, but, if you do ever have to, then it’s always best to use an annoying little sprog like Ella, just in case they do actually end up getting snatched.
One morning, Lucy wakes up to find that all the grown-ups in the world have gone missing.
Terrific! is what all the other kids in town seem to think.
But Lucy wonders why. And how. And when. Soon, she discovers that there are creatures appearing in her room at night – and wonders if they are perhaps responsible for taking the grown-ups. These creatures? They are the Creakers.
Just like The Christmasaurus, this novel is a fun and entertaining children’s novel that is sure to make many kids all over the world peek under their beds in search for the Creakers themselves. Lucy reminds me a lot of myself when I was that age, although I do believe she’s a tad bit braver than me, and the side characters that also show up are equally entertaining. I did laugh out loud when two kids named Buzz and Buddy had taken their dad’s car out for a drive (if you didn’t know, Buzz and Buddy are Tom Fletcher’s kids… and now you know what he suspects they would do if him and his wife ever disappeared) – and you’ll also, briefly, meet the kids from The Christmasaurus, so the stories seem to be set in the same universe. Sort of.
I did feel that it was a bit odd that only Lucy and her friend Norman seemed to be responsible kids. I’m quite sure there would be others as well – and it would have been interesting to see their take on how to solve the problem. I also would have liked a bit more mystery regarding Lucy’s father. I felt like I solved that way too soon – but that might be because I’m an adult and, well, this is a children’s story.
I do highly recommend you guys listen to the audio book for this, as Tom reads bits and pieces himself, adding warnings before scary chapters and such, which is really fun!
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