This was a very fun book! I would have been super into it when I was younger, but unfortunately I'm older and more spoiled with more complicated plots. But setting aside my expectations of grandeur, the story, characters, and ideas were very well put together and presented! The quest was clear and good, the villain was vile and hateable, the supporting characters were lovable, and the hero was brave and someone you wanted to cheer for. Overall a very well-woven tale!

Some of the dialogue was clearly written for holding children's hands through some riddles, but the rest was really very enjoyable and easy to get through. I would definitely recommend this for younger readers or people like me who are trying to discover and read books they didn't know they missed out on when they were little.