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A review by jenny_librarian
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs
5.0
I received a copy of this book from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.
Trigger warning: murder
5 ⭐️
Think Alex Rider with the mind of Sherlock Holmes, in the body of an American girl. Are excited yet? Because this book is goooooooood!
The Alex Rider series was one of my favourite when I was a teen. It has a lot of action, and just enough character development and backstory in each book to keep you interested in the series as a whole. Well, Charlie Thorne is the same, except she'd a thousand times smarter than Alex Rider will ever be.
Charlie Thorne is a genius, which gives her an edge whenever something happens. She's as smart as Einstein and as calculating as Sherlock Holmes, except with a lot better grasp of social rules. Frankly, I find it refreshing to read about a super intelligent teenage girl who isn't autistic nor socially inept. Not that there's anything wrong with either (and I wish there were more stories with autistic MCs), but they're frequently used as a synonym for high intelligence, and it's nice to see a smart character that does not display those stereotypical characteristics.
In addition to being brilliant, Charlie is funny and sometimes reckless, which makes this story a really interesting read. It's action packed and you fly through it without realizing. It only took me about 6 hours to finish it, so a good reader tween (as this is MG) should take a week or so.
Stuart Gibbs clearly knows what he's doing. I haven't read his other books, but this definitely put him on my rec' list for MG action-packed novels with a spy twist!
Trigger warning: murder
5 ⭐️
Think Alex Rider with the mind of Sherlock Holmes, in the body of an American girl. Are excited yet? Because this book is goooooooood!
The Alex Rider series was one of my favourite when I was a teen. It has a lot of action, and just enough character development and backstory in each book to keep you interested in the series as a whole. Well, Charlie Thorne is the same, except she'd a thousand times smarter than Alex Rider will ever be.
Charlie Thorne is a genius, which gives her an edge whenever something happens. She's as smart as Einstein and as calculating as Sherlock Holmes, except with a lot better grasp of social rules. Frankly, I find it refreshing to read about a super intelligent teenage girl who isn't autistic nor socially inept. Not that there's anything wrong with either (and I wish there were more stories with autistic MCs), but they're frequently used as a synonym for high intelligence, and it's nice to see a smart character that does not display those stereotypical characteristics.
In addition to being brilliant, Charlie is funny and sometimes reckless, which makes this story a really interesting read. It's action packed and you fly through it without realizing. It only took me about 6 hours to finish it, so a good reader tween (as this is MG) should take a week or so.
Stuart Gibbs clearly knows what he's doing. I haven't read his other books, but this definitely put him on my rec' list for MG action-packed novels with a spy twist!