Reviews for The Training System of Education: For the Moral and Intellectual Elevation of Youth, Especia...

The average rating for The Training System of Education: For the Moral and Intellectual Elevation of Youth, Especia... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-13 00:00:00 Apostolis Rountis Reviewed by Jeremey for TeensReadToo.com Welcome to Hogwarts for bad guys, minus the magic. H.I.V.E. is a school set on a deserted island where brilliant young adults who have come from criminal families or have taken part in criminal projects are taught to become the worst that they can be. Otto Malpense remembers nothing about how he came to be on the H.I.V.E. island, and neither does him Asian friend, Wing. The H.I.V.E. staff explains to the young criminals that their parents agreed to let them join the school - and that they are under the highest security and scrutiny. Otto, being an extremely smart Alpha, wonders if they were kidnapped and are being held hostage until they graduate. Throughout their time at H.I.V.E., Otto and his friends are enrolled in a number of courses you will not find in your average school. Subjects such as Tactical Education, Stealth and Evasion, Villainy Studies, and many other classes (meant for other students, such as Henchmen). Wanting to be off the island, Otto and his friends, Wing (a martial arts fighter), Shelby (a jewelry store sleuth), and Laura (a technological genius) devise a plan that has never been pulled off before - escaping H.I.V.E. This is a feat that no student has ever accomplished. H.I.V.E. is a great book and the ending leaves it open for a sequel, which I will be more than happy to buy. Although some parts were scattered, it all led to a great, courageous ending.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-08 00:00:00 Mr John William Scollen Well.. rant time, I guess. First of all, I was going to finish this book. (because, after all, it is better to rant when you've read the whole thing... and I don't like not finishing a book) But it's missing 30 pages! O.o It jumps from 154 to 187 or something like that. And it's not like someone ripped them out, you would be able to notice that. They were never there. Did anyone else have this problem? 'cause it's weeeeiiiird. The editor/publisher/author/someone should have caught that... Majorly should have caught that. Oh well, it was going to get a one star rating anyway. This book is just... ugh >.< It's crude. It's characters all fit the cliché, and don't ever go beyond that. The main character is a super genius who has no flaws, no fears, no problems. He's so borrrrrrrring. Oh, and he doesn't know who his parents are and is being sponsored by THE #1... Let me guess who his dad is? Otto, as this main character is called, is kidnapped, which is apparently how people get recruited to this super secret villain school. There's hundreds of kids who get recruited this way, and the strongest emotion they have on the subject is a bit of apprehension?!?! No fear? *bangs head on table* So this perfect Otto somehow gathers around himself a cliché group of friends and decides they need to get out... why, we are not told. I guess he doesn't really want to be on an island where he can not leave for 4 years... Besides, why would some super genius with evil tendencies want to learn how to be a super evil villain to rule the world anyway? So, I could say that I stopped because of missing pages, or that I fell through a plot hole into a void, or because I died from boredom, or broke the book because I banged it into my head a few to many times in frustration... Whatever the reason, I really don't regret it.