This book took me forever to finish. I actually read a longer book while reading this book and finished that longer book first... The middle of the book is so hard to get through and once you do you are left wanting. This book makes me think that I like Neil Gaiman as a short story author more then a novelist... The exception being Stardust... Yep... If you love Neil Gaiman's work go ahead and read the book but in the end you will wonder if there was actually a point to this book.