" I remember reading Bruce Coville in elementary school and enjoying him, and the plot of this novel sounded fun and intriguing, so I sought it out and gave it a read. The central hook of the novel is a good one, and there are very brief, entertaining flashes of macabre humor and visual inventiveness, but the characters and story are very paint-by-numbers, and ultimately, nothing very interesting or unexpected happens. However, the ending offers an admirably sensible and slightly dark twist, and the book very wisely avoids being one-sided. It makes the idea of being a monster seem attractive, and I could see a kid picking up this book and relating to that conceit immediately. Coville seems to be giving all of the young geeks and outcasts of the world something to cling to, and I imagine that if I had discovered this book when I was young, I would have cherished it wholeheartedly. As it is, I'm sorry to say that I wasn't very impressed. "
— Jesse, 1/15/2014