The mystery is creative if a bit inscrutable
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Bibanon1 wrote:&#34;Jacob's grandfather is killed under mysterious circumstances, Jacob decides to investigate his grandfather's past by going to the orphanage where he grew up. Once there, Jacob discovers that the people...and monsters...might be real after all.&#34;And then, &#34;The vintage images in this book are haunting and set the tone perfectly. The mystery is creative if a bit inscrutable. I loved Jacob's search for the truth but the explanations were fuzzy and the bad guys a bit over the top. I was a little disappointed that the book wasn't MORE whimsical.&#34;I would say that's exactly the case.  I would have liked to see more thorough character development of the unusual children and the addition of more whimsy.  The characters are a little flat and do not offset the undercurrent of the very dark themes.  It starts to really take form when a teen witnesses the body of his grandfather after he is viscously murdered.  The trauma affects him so deeply that he ends up with nightmares and in therapy.  Interestingly, this is the lighter half of the story.  It was not always a comfortable story but was not challenging enough to make me feel as if I might have grown from enduring the events, as some less comfortable stories do.  I did enjoy this book as it kept me wondering what might happen next.While I do recommend this book, I also recommend stopping this series after this volume.  The next one does not add in the way I had hoped it might. 