The General, Robert Muchamore

It’s going to be hard to write about this book without spoiling anything; there are a lot of major changes that happen, if you are a CHERUB fan. The beginning of the book is promising, what with the urban warfare training compound. But after, the book gets slightly off as James goes gambling. Even though it’s the sort of thing James would do, it’s completely off theme, and I don’t quite understand what Muchamore was trying to prove with this book.

                In previous books, Muchamore tackled difficult subjects, and he would describe the kids involved: Class A talked about how Junior was influenced by drugs, and The Fall had some very interesting points about human trafficking. But The General was just some training exercise. Unless I’m really missing out on something, I doubt Muchamore had an issue in mind when he wrote this book.

                However, the book is still very gripping, and the action (whilst it lasts) is very good. Also, I had to wait a long time for this book, and I think it was worth the wait. And again, it has a great balance of facts and fiction. So I give this book 7/10 , but I’m being particularly critical today; I’ve always given the books a high rating (exclude Dark Sun), and here is a more objective view on the series.