Status Updates From Fauler Zauber

Its a very classic Wynne Jones ending in that every single character is gathered all in one place and everything gets very chaotically resolved

Just my type of thing. Smart, funny, moving and human.

How does it manage to be hilarious while also being scathing and insightful? And all of this is only foreground to the heart of the story, which is a family and its tangled, struggling and comforting dynamics.

decent parenting? in MY coming-of-age fantasy novel???

if there's a trope I like better than "found family," it's "unbelievably weird family who genuinely care about and look after each other despite their issues"

Diana is so undefeated when it comes to comedy fantasy