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3.5
I enjoyed this, read it in a couple of hours over two days. I needed something easy and quick and this fit the bill. It was cool reading about places that used to be in Ottawa, that aren't there anymore, places that are familiar.
Although I enjoy this author, this book was written for juveniles (not verr young ones) and I didn't think it was as good as most of Doyle's other books that I've read so far. I also thought a couple of passages were too strong for juveniles, too graphic. The story has a good moral lesson, ultimately.
An orphan boy, Martin O'Boy, lives with an old man, Grandpa Rip, gets a job with a soda bottling company by lying about his age, and gets blackmailed by his supervisor into stealing from the customers by his supervisor.
I love Brian Doyle's writing. He packs so much wit into everyday situations and creates characters that you know.
In my honest opinion I think that this book was a great read. It was an easy read so anyone would be easy to read it. It had a great meaning behind the book and what it was trying to get across to the reader. Another thing about the book is that I was a able to relate to the book.
An easy and quick read...not terrible exciting but a cute story.
I thought it was going to be the story of the Pure Spring soft drink company - but actually Pure Spring was extremely tangential to this story. Which was a kind of sweet story but very slight.
