I am so conflicted about this book.

On the one hand, it took me almost a month to finish this book, and I wanted to DNF it so often. The pacing is slow, the chapters are sooooo painstakingly long, and often it felt like nothing happened chapter after chapter.

BUT, on the other hand. The found family trope in this book is incredibly well written, and TJ captures the magic of people finding their place with one another so beautifully.
Seeing the relationships form between the kids and Linus is heartwarming. I especially enjoyed watching Lucy go from threatening Linus, sneaking upon him, and generally doing misfit stuff; to holding Linus's hand and making Linus promise to stay there with him if he gets nightmares. (and well, still threatening him, but jokingly).