This book is super fun, adventurous and filled with heaps of references to classic literature. Still annoyed Harry Potter has no mention... But hey, I'm biased.

The main read I only rated 4 stars was due to how the book dealt with separated parents. I thought that we would get some good rep, something relatable that may help younger people out that are going through parents separating. But no. The parents get pushed back together in the end for no other reason than to have a happy ending. Sorry, that generally ain't how it works in the real world.
Was disappointed by this aspect of the plot. And if they were just going to throw the parents back together in the end then why even bother having that side plot happening. It achieved nothing besides giving people unrealistic expectations of if you try hard enough your parents will get back together. NO.

I also would have liked a bit more world-building from it as well. As it is a standalone and only 250ish pages I know we won't get everything but the whole point of the experiments was never really explained. This story just could have been about a magical island that bought books to life without the science stuff that was never explained.

Besides those aspects, I really enjoyed the book. It was a fun quick read.

The audiobook is also awesome, the narrator did a really good job.