Book Review Tomorrow when the War began

hello all
Well i just got through reading the John Marsden book Tomorrow when the war began. The first book in the tomorrow series of books. Let me say for a young adult novel it was really good. I dont usually ready young adult novels but this one i took a chance after hearing some good things about it and was pleasantly surprised by how the Mr Marsden really took the drama of this event surrounding these teens and gave it life. The books takes place in Australia and involves a group of high school teens who after camping in the backwoods a bit come to find their country has been invaded by a non english speaking country. I really liked how the book is written, it is written like someone writing in a diary or journal so you get all of the characters thoughts about everything. From the morals off killing someone to love in the middle of all that is going on around them, another thing i really liked was how the characters are really giving a life and a personality all of their own, and you can see that in the books as it progresses. Their are some donts first off the language of Australia is very different than here in the states and alot you will be forced too look at the glossary in the front of the book to understand what certain words mean. Secondly, there were times when a little succing would have been preferred giving the circumstance but it did not happen but i put that down to it being a young adult novel. Besides these points it is a well written book, with the movie adaptation coming out soon i hope many people check this book out.

8 out of ten stars