I'm having a hard time rating this, since the dialogue and the illustrations are really on different scales. 
 Firstly, there wasn't anything really wrong with the dialogue, except for the occasional repetition of certain lines, and the cheese factor. The illustrations were another matter entirely. I was having a hard time differentiating between characters, since they all seemed to look the same. I kept thinking, "Thank God Maggie cut all her hair off! I can at least tell which one she is!" The proportions were off, especially for the kids. Sophia often has an abnormally large head, and her features are too "old", and generic enough that she simply blends into ALL THE OTHER WOMEN! Bah! 
 Overall, it wasn't as smooth as I was expecting. Here's hoping for a better Volume 5!