Creepy, dark and disturbing with a hint of sickening whimsy. That's really the only way I can describe this book. I had flipped through it once before really reading it and didn't have a clue what was going on. Then when I really did read it from front to back I got the idea of it but there were still a lot of things I didn't fully grasp. There were actually two parallel stories going on but it was hard to follow what was going on in each of them. Not because they intertwined but because nothing was explained or even there to be inferred from. It could be that it just went over my head and I'm more geared for rainbows and unicorns and straight up serial killers that explain themselves. I don't really know. Bottom line is I enjoyed it but it could have been better. I felt bad for the mouse too but again that's just me.