Review: Some aspects of the book not needed for the plot
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
The story is about a monster under a boy's bed, who is lost.  The author mentions (twice) the boy's dad, who is at least separated from or divorced from the the boy's mom.  I did not feel need to put this in story, unless the author had plans to concentrate more on the issue of the dad leaving the family, which really was only mentioned in passing in this book, so why put it in at all?  Also, my son does not come from a family where the dad has left the family, so this part was confusing for him.And then throwing in the bit at the end of how mom does magic but has forgotten how to do it....what the heck does that have to do with this particular story?  I do understand that this is one of 3 books in series, but the author really didn't need to mention it in this book, as the mom in this story is only in it long enough to drink a cup of coffee at the start before going off to work never to be seen again in the rest of the story.If the author had left these particular aspects out of the story, in my opinion, it would have been much better.