I don’t know if I’m just missing the point or if I got the wrong take-away from this book. I just remember it as a story with simple prose of a little boy going on an adventure with some magic elements and a neat twist. I have it in the same mental space as Harry Potter. Don’t particularly loathe it, but it’s a nice quick tale for a re-read snack. Genuine curiosity here, why is it so disliked?

The Spear Cuts Through Water. It was such an emotional/fantasy mic drop that I haven’t been able to get back into the genre without comparing it.