Aw, that was such a sweet book! The strange, slightly ahead, futuristic setting in time made me confused for a second, and I'm wondering when exactly this takes place? Is this a generation after our current time? Also, it takes place in a world like ours, but slightly different. It seems the divergence of our world and the Reflecting world where animal people live is a historical fact?
It's okay, that slight confusion for me still didn't dampen the experience of this wonderful book. Oli is adorable and any time he mentioned throwing back his head in a silent scream I just pictured a cartoony snake just going "Aaauuughhhh!" in my head and chuckled. Adorable.
Oli was my favorite but all the characters in this are fantastic. Oh, but maybe Ami was my favorite... Adorable tiny toads with selective mutism (in my mind, he was) or bespectacled cottonmouths?
Fantastic book. I recommend this to anyone!