Cute story.
"Isabel Wixon is weird. Not only does she see dead things, but her list of friends consists of a talkative ventriloquist's dummy and the gentlemanly spider that lives in her hair. Real friends? Too hard. Inventing friends is much easier. Inventing the Boatman - a terrible monster that lures kids into a strange sleeping sickness and never lets them go - probably wasn't one of her better ideas though." This book has a very cute storyline. I feel that it gets off topic a bit however. I feel that this would be better written as a short story instead of a book. The story is so simple and the plot is really straightforward which would make it a good short story. Very well written however, and written in a young adult sort of style. The illustrations are lovely. the fact that they are black and white really brings out the feeling of the story itself. I felt myself reminiscing on Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories books. All in all it was a good quick read. I enjoyed Monty immensely and found him rather humorous... for a spider 🕷️
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