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Am I the intended audience for this book? No. Is it fair for me to complain about a lack of character depth and too much action in a middle-grade book? Also no, probably. Did it make me absolutely blubber at the end? Oh you betcha.

There were so many components to this book - they just kept coming! - that it was tough to appreciate the context, and I didn’t love spending time with the kid protagonists. But as a book to discuss, holy smokes, it’s absolutely drowning in philosophical conversation points! And that’s a pretty neat feat for this reading level. I guess I appreciate this book, even if I didn’t enjoy it very much. (I also listened to it, which may have (heavily) affected my reading experience.)