this was fun and a nice read but a bit too over the top for me.

i really enjoyed suzy and wilmot and the rest of the impossible train crew but i found the plot a bit lacking and over done - the constant lying about what’s going on, the bad witch, a light against dark fight? those are a bit overdone cliques and don’t need to all be put in one book!

the writing was well done, easy to read but not dumbed down.
i loved that we had a science interest girl as a main character that tried to figure out what was going on with her understanding of physics. 

it’s one of those books that teaches the younger reader a few words and doesn’t dumb down the story to fit a kid but isn’t actively trying to educate. 
i like the middle ground if that. 

i think that this book would have been enough as an adventure story with alle the fun places the train can travel too and have that be the book. 
or have it be a book about what was going on in the impossible places but the combination of both? 

that felt as if someone’s tried to overstuff the book and everything fell a bit short because of that.

is it still a good read? 
yes sure it’s entertaining and i think especially younger kids will have fun with it.

is it a must read? 
not really.


i am happy i read it an so glad i finally am reading more middle grade and it was pretty well done overall. 
we’ll see how it continues and i hope the author will start to focus more on one plot point instead of too many again.