I have a lot of feelings about this book, and they aren't great. It started out with such promise and really declined from there.I am blown away at the number of 4-5 star reviews as I found it difficult to even finish. It became very repetitive the humor got old quickly. If I have to hear Doug say, “there's something wrong with this world” one more time I will jump off a cliff. The whole synopsis that starts the book, “Doug talks to Satan”, doesn't even come into play until the last 20 minutes of the book. On top of all that, there was no real conclusion.
Skip this book unless you're about 13 years old.
I am so in love with this book! I've never been a big Christmas reader, but for some reason this year I have been in a holiday mood and once all of my media to be Christmas-themed. Naturally, I went on the search for a Christmas audiobook, and found this. The narration by Stephen Fry is fantastic, the story is adorable and nostalgic, and the writing is very well done. Listening to this may become a Christmas tradition for me, but for now I'm off to buy this book for all of my friends.