Mor is one of the most unlikable heroines I've ever encountered. She's supremely self-involved, cruel, potentially mentally ill (I don't actually believe she saw fairies), and feels more like a vehicle for Walton to list books she likes than a real character.

I also hate books that are set in the past for no real reason other than the author can't be bothered to handle technology and new book releases. It's the worst kind of nostalgia.

Even worse than this, this book is boring. Everything interesting that happens to Mor happens before the story starts, and though the general gist gets revealed in bits and pieces, you never learn the full story. Instead, you are treated to endless rants about books she likes which only make sense if you've read them.

Also, am I really supposed to believe that a book club would meet every single Tuesday and every attendee had time to read that author's entire catalogue in seven days? Even if the fairies were real, this was still the most unrealistic thing in the whole book.