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Title: depressing, almost scary
Review: I was highly recommended this book and I couldn't be more disappointed. I expected a sweet goodbye to a beloved home, reliving fun memories of time spent there, helping the child emotionally deal with leaving that place. Instead, the illustrations are dark, serious, melancholy, ominous - like something bad is going to happen any minute. The people are frowning, the whole mood is very sad and depressing. If that was my home, I'd be running as fast as I could to get anywhere else. The prose is nice, but not for a young child. My 5yr old was frowning and confused through the whole book and afterward said he did not like it and didn't want to read it again. I agree. This book is for an adult who likes artistic esoteric children's books.
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