IT IS A GOOD BOOK. If I had read it as a kidlet I would have loved it all to pieces forever. :D He's an extremely skillful writer! And, it seems, a genuinely nice person in his way. :-)

The floating island being sunk was a very striking scene! He's just so good at not over-padding things, I couldn't figure out how to explain it without... pretty much retelling it in its entirety. *g*