I enjoyed this - the idea of a kid growing up in a graveyard, raised by ghosts, is a good one. And ghosts who protect that same child from the people who would turn him into a ghost if they had the chance is also a good idea. There were lots of good ideas in this book - I just wish I'd seen more of them and less of Bod. Don't get me wrong - as a main character he's perfectly adequate, but adequate was as far as it went for me. I was far more interested in the supporting cast (Silas and Miss Lupescu and Scarlett) and kind of wished the story was told from their perspective instead of Bod's.