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I expected a whimsical, fun adventure but was disappointed. I wasn‘t drawn into the story & didn‘t care about Walter. I felt this book was trying too hard to be a Pratchett, Gaiman, Dahl, or even a Lemony Snicket story with quirky & imaginative places & characters. But here the quirkiness was just thrown in without fleshing out the characters/places. I found it disjointed & the tone more melancholy than whimsical.

DFN‘d at chapter 17 (50%)

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It‘s hard being the one who doesn‘t fit in—at home, in town, really anywhere. Walter knows a little bit about it which is why when a letter arrives from Flasterborn, a famed inventor, offering him an apprenticeship, Walter jumps at the chance. This is a delightfully quirky book with a fantastic main character & a wonderful cast of complex & interesting secondary characters. Family, friendship, love, loss & more abound in this engaging story.

“Books...were much better than real life.”

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This book is delightfully quirky with a marvelous sense of humor. I‘m enjoying it and I imagine young readers will too!