The General (CHERUB, #10)

by Robert Muchamore

The first time I read this an easy five stars. Rereading I think I have to remove one star. It was good but not that good. I don't know. I'm older now and the relationships within this series - I just find them disturbing on a number of levels. The adults act like children. The children act like children. I just don't understand how this operation runs. There's so much violence. And I love violence, I really do. But this is disturbing violence. Every second word out of every person's mouth is about belting someone. None of the characters seem to like each other or hold any sort of respect for each other.

The action was good. But I'm having a bit of a read of a reading slump and I feel like I should remove a star. Or half a star. It's really four and a half. Maybe a bit more. I just couldn't quite get into it, although under normal circumstances I would've loved it. And have loved it. I've read this quite a few times. I'm going to leave it at five stars, but please note this read through wasn't quite five.