We read every night as a family (5 &9 yrs) before bed, since moving onto longer chapter books we've struggled to find books we all enjoy. So we're always looking for new books to try, saw this and thought we'd try it as I loved mystery stories when I was younger.It's OK, my youngest got a bit scared of the creature but we did manage to get to the end with all of us listening.There were some really lovely bits that really get you thinking about life and what's important, however for me (as a grown up) I was rather disappointed with the end, however my eldest enjoyed it and my youngest liked the ending.If he did a second book we'd probably give it ago. If it's kids only reading then they'd probably a winner.