Netgalley ARC - Unfortunately this really didn't work for me. The text formatting alone is honestly a nightmare and very difficult for me to read. Atmospheric and weird, and not in a good way.

While the illustrations are adorable, the stylistic decisions re: the writing were overwhelming at best and will put most young readers completely out of their depth. The sheer quantity of words on each of the pages, as well as the decision to set many of them at an angle has created a book that is largely unreadable, especially on a computer. Hopefully, readers looking at a hard copy will have an easier time focusing on the text that matters or be able to read all the words on the page. This reviewer was so overwhelmed by the reading, that I mostly failed to take away anything from the story.

Reading this on a phone screen does not do it justice! The illustrations are beautifully soft and detailed with plenty of character. This book is pretty wild overall! Text pages are chock full of words, sometimes repeating to form what looks like waves or textures complimentary to the narrative. I would definitely like to give this another read through once it’s in print.