This is the first book I ever read by E. Nesbit, and I liked it well enough to keep reading her books, so that says something! When I finished this book, I rated it four stars, but after reading two of her other books, The House of Arden and Harding's Luck, I reduced it to three stars. The fact is, I rated those books at four stars and I liked them more.

Not that this book is bad, it's just worse by comparison. I did enjoy the little stories of the children, and it was entertaining to see the strange wishes they came up with. It made me wonder what I would wish in the same situation. There's so many books about wishes gone wrong, that I think I might run at this point!

Overall, I would say that I liked the book, but it's not anything that I will probably ever think much about again.