'Younger fans of Doctor Who will certainly enjoy it'
Leaving the kids, Dad walks down the road to the shops, but on his way home, he is pulled into an adventure through time and space ...
Yeah. This book is awesome. Younger fans of Doctor Who will certainly enjoy it. Fortunately, The Milk is for youngish kids from about age 7 or 8, although I am 12 and I loved it! It's sci-fi, but definitely for kids, because of the silliness injected into the story. It is a marmite-y book, I think. You either love it, think "this is awesome" and go on to watch Neil Gaiman's Doctor Who episodes, or you go 'this is silly' and throw it away.
I am glad to say I did the former. The book is just so silly and confusing, yet perfectly written and entertaining. It made me laugh. The character of Dad is great, the bulk of the story is him telling his kids why he was so late back with the milk, yet the narrator is his son. Hard to pull off, but Gaiman does it like a pro.
Chris Riddell's illustrations are brilliant, they add to the story and break up the text enough to make it an easy read.
I rate it 9/10.
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