I read this for Halloween, as I thought it would be a creepy fun YA read. Sadly, it never truly got off the ground for me. Neil Gaiman has a fine imagination, but somehow Bod's world never took on the magic that it does for other readers. Its definitely a YA book in style, and I thought Gaiman could have expanded on the themes of friendship vs. isolation or focused on the magic of the characters. The mystery wasn't even that exciting. So quite a disappointing read, really.