This was a very cute and lovely read. I actually did get a wee bit emotional in the dia de los muertos chapters, because that message of 'we've forgotten that this is what it's all about' kind of hit me in the throat. I thought the tree with all the pumpkins was really cool. I also loved the idea of that mansion with all floors in different time periods. Definitely enjoyed this! At no point was I able to predict what would happen next.
I'm used to writing that's a lot more straightforward so it was a different reading this because i was constantly confused and having to figure out what was going on. i think it's sweet they cared so much about Pipkin, but i wonder if this meant that he was going to die on the table until they all pledged 1 yr off their own life? It was cool learning about different origin stories of halloween and what they all do. I thought it was kind of funny that for witches, they basically they weren't real but people wanted them to be so they pretended 馃槀 .
I think this story over all would benefit from being read aloud and I really think I would have eaten this up as a kid, though I think I woulda just had fun with it rather than finding any real emotional meaning as I do now.
And I enjoyed the balance of discussing different versions of Halloween/celebrations of the dead and how at the end we still got a way to wrap things up with Pipkin. How they all universally agreed to give up a year of life for their friends sake is just childhood friendships do go that hard.
Overall a great time and a lovely read for Halloween.
