If you draw a scale, on one side of which are a child's musings and on the other side an adult's rumblings of reality, this book would fall bang on at the middle of this scale. A brilliant children's fiction with some hard hitting lines of wisdom from the characters who are so old that they have seen the moon being formed, this book marvels with its simplicity and complexity alike. I can do nothing but wonder at how effectively Neil takes the tribulations and expectations of adults and tears them apart with the beaks and claws of children's simple thoughts and confusions, all the while maintaining the charm of a fantasy with all the required ingredients - magic, witches, two moons, ghosts, and of course, a glowing ocean. Recommended for people who want to take a deep dive down their childhood and reminisce about how simple and happy they used to be.