Winning Boy's Review

Matt’s Million
Craig Douglas 10A1

The book I have been reading is in the fiction genre. The name of the book is called 'Matt's Million'. It was written by Andrew Norris. I haven't seen any other novels that this writer has written but he probably has written others.

This is the most interesting and exciting novel that I have ever read. I liked this book so much I have read it over six times. I first read this book in primary school but when I came across it in Limavady High School's library I have been taking it out ever since.
The main characters in the story are Matt, Claire, Matt's mother and Mr Wattis. Matt is my favourite and the most interesting character because he likes a lot of adventure and cool stuff that normal boys would like.

The story is about a young boy named Matthew Collins but his friends call him Matt. It starts with him going into the kitchen to have his breakfast in the morning and his mother handing him a letter. He opens the letter to find a cheque for £1,227,309,07. He finds out later that he got the money by inventing a very addictive game called Virus.

Large cheques keep coming in and his bank account total keeps getting bigger and bigger but there a catch, his mother is in charge of what he does with the money until he's 18 years old. Luckily she allows him to spend the interest, which is a large, large sum of money.

He buys things that he used to not be able to afford eg a bike, a Rolls Royce and he even goes on a £5,218.57 shopping spree. But the most worthwhile thing that he spent his money on was his own house.

The reason he bought his own house is because his mother was in a lot of debt. Although he was extremely tempted to buy a large mansion with a lot of eye catching things at it, he bought his own house for his mother's sake, which made her so happy. He was also still living beside his best friend Claire and Malt and his mother were having a better life, but will Matt keep on enjoying the money, or will he get a bit tired of it and wish he had never invented the game?

The opening of the novel is very good because it makes you want to keep reading on. The whole book is a real gripping page-turner.
One of the things I would change if I had a chance would be the car he chose to hire. If I were him I would have hired a really posh, expensive sports car like a Ferrari Enzo or something like that.

I would give this book a 5 star rating and 10 out of ten because this book is brilliant. I would recommend this book to everyone.

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