I liked the beginning of this one, but it fell flat for me toward the middle. I was drawn to it for the magical realism angle, but I didn’t feel there was a lot of magic in the book; to me, it read more like a real world story where the characters choose to believe in magic. Also, while I’m not completely against reading about sex in books, I somehow felt uncomfortable with the sexual content (not explicit) in this book. It felt out of place in a novel about a boyish tree-loving man and a little girl.