Like many of the reviewers for this book, I picked it up because I'm a Starkid fan, but this was great in its own right. The mystery element of the book was enough to keep me glued to the page (Read in one day!) but that didn't detract from the core of the book; the relationship between the bully and the bullied. What really made this book as well was the way that Eric Kahn Gale portrayed the former 'Grunts' - and the way that the experiences from childhood shape you and dictate who you become. My one criticism (and the reason this got 4 instead of 5 stars) is the complete lack of female characters; it is pretty heavily implied that all previous Book owners and Grunts were male and the only real female character served only as a mild love interest. Having spent 7 years in all-girls schools, I can justify that girls can be just as bad if not worse than boys! But apart from that, a good, easy read that is almost painfully insightful.