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I liked this. I want to say that first off least my issues be construed as revulsion. I read this book with the idea of presented it to a children's book club that I run at work. If I were reading for myself I probably would have relaxed into the story more and not be questioning everything. I don't tend to read Juvie Fantasy too deeply when reading for my own personal pleasure, but I need to talk about this among a group. First the tone seems to shift from the overly descriptive literary tone to a lighter faster pace once the adventure got going. Now most kids' books hit the ground running or get to the adventure quickly. One example of the flowery style that I liked was "The wind scratched its back along the side of the barn. The stars swung slowly across the roof of this world, and the grass swayed and grew, content to be the world's carpet but still desiring to be taller."(Wilson, 43) Once the story really got going I was surprised at how disconnected things where. I know it is part of a series, but I guess I expected the first book to set up more of the rules. There are 100 Cupboards, the title said so, and we find out that each cupboard leads to a world. Yet, we never fully explore any of the worlds. We get tantalizing glimpse, but no full stories. There is an evil witch, but we don't really get her motivation. I was frustrated with that. It was a bit like we need a baddie so insert funky witch here. I did like the dialogue and was surprised with mixed feelings at how true it seemed. What I mean about mixed feelings is for example the two old men were talking and used the phrase "Vietnam approach." While perfect for two old men, this book is aimed at 10 years -- if I had to guess. Now, I don't want to shortchange the cultural intelligence of your average 4th grader, but are they going to understand this tossed out in such an off handed manner? I will find out come book group. I would guess they just read over it. The other dialogue that rung very true wa