I was mildly disappointed in this book. I say mildly because I wasn't really expecting all that much in the first place. 
 It was good enough. The world was charming and I would have liked some more exploration of the islands and Canpra. The whole time I was reading, the thought: Hayao Miyazaki would have done a really good job making this into an animated film. It would sweet. And that's kinda how I see this book. Decent, but would have been better as a Studio Ghibli movie. 
 Still, I enjoyed it. It felt like it was written for younger readers and didn't take a whole lot of brain power.