With a name like Ian Fleming, one wonders if its possible to review it fairly. Its like an authors second book that needs to live up to the previous work.
The style is dense prose.
The book would have been better with more dialogue.
A car that can do so many things is fun and might actually stay in a kids mind for years to come.
I do remember fondly a car that could talk from a TV show and a story of a chair that could fly (cant tell if its from the Enid Blyton The Wishing Chair). For that, it must have been a fun story then. This story has that appeal of magic but the prose is charmless.
The part where Mr Pott gives his kids the crack pot whistling sweets makes for a great short story.
Other bloggers after reading the book have made the skeleton in the cave with paper plates and made the fooj(fudge)recipe. A paper plate skeleton and a recipe. It might be fun for kids to take part in such activities. Also while reading the book, putting themselves in these unfamiliar situations, might improve and inspire their imagination.
Jam puff
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