I thought it was incredibly well-written and engaging, also extremely dark and horrifying. That said, I much preferred it to All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, with its endorsement/celebration of a sexual and "romantic" relationship between a child and an adult.

Two On an Island by Bianca Bradbury (two siblings and their dog stranded on an island and have to survive/get back to shore); Knock Three Times by Marion St. John Webb, which is kind of light horror/fairy tale/fantasy involving children being chased by a dwarf encased in a giant pumpkin. Very creepy and eery.

I loved all the Great Brain books!

I'm a librarian, so I gravitate to library books. Also, I am a librarian, therefore I cannot afford to buy all the books I want to read! I only buy books if I can't get them from my local library. Even then I prefer to ask for them as birthday/holiday gifts instead of buying them myself. I need that cash to keep my mortgage paid and the cornflakes on the table.

I thought it was mostly a book about a color scheme.

The characters were like paper cut-outs and the plot was boring (to me). I do not understand the love for this book.