"[A] lovely book about grief and imagination...filled with sumptuous illustrations."
- The Wall Street Journal
"The book's lovely, muted illustrations depict a world of melancholy magic."
- The New York Times
*** "A stunning, dreamlike voyage into the heart of a child."
- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
*** "Mystical, magical, magnetic."
- School Library Journal, starred review
*** "Exquisite."
- Booklist, starred review
"Young readers will be captivated."
- The Washington Post
*** "Meticulous draftsmanship by the Fan brothers (The Night Gardener) gives the spreads genuine majesty...the artists imagine not a general, one-size-fits-all afterlife, but one that Finn and his grandfather share--and one that readers will feel privileged to share with them."
- Publishers Weekly, starred review