A review by my 10yr old

“Tin is set in a world where mechanicals are self aware. Engineers who make these mechanicals use a combination of metal & magic runes.

Christopher is an ordinary boy who lives with Mr Absalom, a greedy engineer, and his mechanicals; Jack, Round Rob, Grippa & Manda. 

Christopher is involved in an accident which uncovers an alarming secret & leads to him being taken away. His mechanical friends & Estelle, a “skin maker”, go on a daring rescue mission enlisting the help of one of the greatest mechanics of all time.

This is a sentimental book focusing on friends & family alongside an exhilarating adventure. I enjoyed how the adventure brought the friends, with their different personalities closer together. I also thought the human characters were always quick to anger and I felt the mechanicals showed more humanity, which made me think about how the humans could learn from these robots. 

My favourite mechanical in the story is Round Rob, with his barrel shaped body he was always rolling around & losing his head which made me laugh.

I would recommend this book to anyone who liked Peter Bunzl’s Cogheart (another good read), likes adventures and likes stories that make you think. “