A review by linneahedvig
The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley

3.0

This book was a fun, meta adventure. A story about a storybook and the characters. They go from book to dream, and even to the real world! It felt crazy and dream-like itself. I'm a little disappointed to see that it's now first a series. I felt like it sustained the short novel form well, but I wanted it to explore the themes more. What are storybook characters? What's the difference between characters in stories and characters in dreams, especially when the story has been lost? What does it mean if a person remembers a story and writes it down, but it's not the same as the original?