This was much more delightful than I was anticipating, but in the strangest way. I originally borrowed it from the library because my kid and I are very into Maurice Sendak's art right now, but I was surprised to find myself getting into the story as well (the 6-year old did not, he asked me to continue without him). If you like offbeat, kinda creepy children's classics, you might enjoy this. The ballet was based off of a different version by Dumas, which I guess was a bit of a sanitized/smoothed retelling.