I will start by saying this book wasn't bad, but it was not for me. I listened as an audible and the narrator did a great job voices the children. That said, with the content, I couldn't get past the juvenile nature of the book. The descriptions were vivid and it was imaginative, but I couldn't get into it. I also kept getting lost with what they were making up vs reality. Maybe that is the point, but I didn't like it. Creative story, just not for me. And it didn't horrify me either.