Zane R.’s Reviews > Who Could That Be at This Hour? > Status Update

This was a great book. I like how the author includes different storylines throughout the story and connects them at the end. The emerging theme is "You cannot trust everyone." I think this because Lemony trusts too many people, and in the end, some, like Ellington, unfriended him.

Currently, I believe the emerging theme is "keep your back against the wall." This theme strikes me because the stolen statue is floating around this creepy town, and when you have it, you have to protect it. "I don't think that is wise to tell you that over the phone" Lemony said to Ellington over the phone when he was talking over the phone and she asked him if he had the statue.

"Where is that screaming coming from?" (pg 167) Lemony and Moxie wonder this outside the Sallis Mansion. Perhaps the screaming symbolizes unrest with the Bombinating Beast in the town of Stain'd by the Sea.

Lemony is taking very serious risks. On page 133, he fell straight down from hawser. I think he should consider keeping his back up against the wall in this mysterious town

Can wrong questions lead to wrong answers? On page 127, Lemony fell from a high up clothesline, "fell straight down into the trees," pondering what the fear of heights is. Perhaps this lead to the wrong answers to the wrong questions.

The town Lemony is in is very shady. There is a statue that "I could not tell what it was a statue of." (pg 73) In addition, the city has a very small population.

Theodora seems to be a suspicious character. She is always yelling at Lemony to stop asking stupid questions. she always says, "That's the wrong question." I can sense that Lemony does not like Teodora much.