A surprisingly good book. The characters are great. There are two killers in this book; the scarier one for me was the protagonist. The author does a great job of opening up this kid's mind and showing us the alligators that live inside.

This book feels like it is geared to a YA audience. Every once in awhile something in the book would bug me (how quickly the protagonist gets around on his bike, for example - this kid is keeping up with cars) but I'd just chalk it up to the decisions that come as a result of it being a YA book.

There is a supernatural element to the book that seems to bug some readers, but I enjoy fantasy and it didn't bother me.