So I got to page 191 ...and I give up. This isn't a bad book. I just don't care. I'm totally "eh" about Alice and what's going on in the library. It's a cool concept, and hopefully a young child would eat up the magic, talking cat, library with moving bookcases and all. Honestly the talking cat is my favorite character, and even he is kinda eh about what's going on. The way magic works with them entering books and how they use them is neat. Actually the concepts are cool with how the fairies and other characters are developed. I feel bad for Alice with her father dying, but I'm not actually that worried about what happened to him or what's going on the library. 
 I really wanted to like this book. I love libraries, books, magic, talking animals, fairies, unknown relatives, big houses, servants, and mysterious strangers.