The author of this book has a sense of humor that I do not share. As such it made reading this book more tedious than enjoyable — and that’s just the way it works, sometimes. Humor is subjective, and with much of this book being delivered in and with scenes written to be funny, it made the mismatch between us all the more painful.

One of the biggest sources of humor is the invisible man chatting, talking on his phone — with the phone being visible — giving the werewolf a wedgie (which leaves the werewolf levitating around the room, being pulled along by his underwear), or shooting off one liners. It reads very much as though it’s meant to be televised,with so many of the gags being visual in a way that didn’t work for me. Part of that is how action oriented everything is, with no sense of who the characters are beyond whining, insulting, jokes I didn’t find funny and sight gags that don’t work as well via a book.

That said, every now and then there’s a comment or two that I did find slightly amusing, in the brief encyclopedia entries of monsters, such as the various types of zombies or ghosts, or the Q&As. I just didn’t care for the adventures of the characters beyond that. For me, if the whole book had been an encyclopedia, I would have enjoyed it much more.

Again, that’s just me. Other people may find they connect with the humor and gags more than I did, and have a great time with it, and I hope the book finds those people For me, though, this wasn’t the best time. The writing is fine, I found the pacing to be a bit frenetic, and the illustrations are a very nice touch. Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC!