I'm still a little iffy about this book. The library has a "scarey" sticker on the spine. I don't do scarey.
I really love the cat, so far he's been the most enjoyable character. He's so sassy. He reminds me a lot of Cat in Little Bear. I think the eccentric old women in the flat downstairs are top notch too, though. While reading it, I felt really bad for the ghost children trapped in the closet by the Other Mother. I found the other father really sad though. It broke my heart a little. I also find it interesting how scared and weak cat got when he found out that he couldn't come and go as he pleased. It was so cat like.
I find that you can tell the age demographic really easily. The foreshadowing is really obvious and I feel like Gaiman simplified his writing style a lot and added way more words then I feel he might have used otherwise.
I found the climax of this novel rather disappointing. The scariest part, much to my own prediction, was in the last section either with the other-father or the Mr. Bobo in the attic. I found the bit with the hand taxing and boring. The defeat was anti-climatic. The only interesting thing to come out of it was the word from Mr. Bobo's mice.
All in all, a rather disappointing end too a mediocre book. I rate it 5 out of 10
I really love the cat, so far he's been the most enjoyable character. He's so sassy. He reminds me a lot of Cat in Little Bear. I think the eccentric old women in the flat downstairs are top notch too, though. While reading it, I felt really bad for the ghost children trapped in the closet by the Other Mother. I found the other father really sad though. It broke my heart a little. I also find it interesting how scared and weak cat got when he found out that he couldn't come and go as he pleased. It was so cat like.
I find that you can tell the age demographic really easily. The foreshadowing is really obvious and I feel like Gaiman simplified his writing style a lot and added way more words then I feel he might have used otherwise.
I found the climax of this novel rather disappointing. The scariest part, much to my own prediction, was in the last section either with the other-father or the Mr. Bobo in the attic. I found the bit with the hand taxing and boring. The defeat was anti-climatic. The only interesting thing to come out of it was the word from Mr. Bobo's mice.
All in all, a rather disappointing end too a mediocre book. I rate it 5 out of 10
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