It always seems that for every one good book I read, it’s followed by two or three that I just cannot get through.

I was excited to read about a fun, magical house that does all the things but instead it’s just about three sisters and their creepy dogs who follow a bunch of weird routines for reasons unexplained.

The beginning of this book is so jarring. The story takes off right at the start with no world-building or explanation, and so many character names come up in just the first few pages that it’s really hard to keep track of them all. Who the heck is Tutto? This name keeps being thrown at us like we’re supposed to know who it is.

There’s lots of weird details thrown in seemingly at random and with no purpose, it starts to feel a bit silly. I did not feel engaged at all with this story and even though it seemed like a short and easy read, I DNF’d it at 25% when I decided that I was sick of Winnow’s shit - disappearing and reappearing on every other page. “OMG where’s Winnow”?! I just don’t care.