I don't know about this one. There were some really interesting ideas about childhood imagination, memory, and the disconnect between being a kid and being an adult. The first part where our main character visits the farm and starts to remember the childhood events was really intriguing. I liked the main characters interactions with adults--like when his cat was replaced by a different cat. But when the fantasy elements started ramping up, I became less interested. But I keep thinking about the nostalgic feeling over the whole book. Like the quote “I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.” or "I was a normal child. Which is to say, I was selfish and I was not entirely convinced of the existence of things that were not me, and I was certain, rock-solid, unshakeably certain, that I was the most important thing in creation."

I don't know about this one. There were some really interesting ideas about childhood imagination, memory, and the disconnect between being a kid and being an adult. The first part where our main character visits the farm and starts to remember the childhood events was really intriguing. I liked the main characters interactions with adults--like when his cat was replaced by a different cat. But when the fantasy elements started ramping up, I became less interested. But I keep thinking about the nostalgic feeling over the whole book. Like the quote “I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.” or "I was a normal child. Which is to say, I was selfish and I was not entirely convinced of the existence of things that were not me, and I was certain, rock-solid, unshakeably certain, that I was the most important thing in creation."