Three stars because I loved the illustrations. But both I and the child I read to was bored with the story. I don't know if it's because it has too many words, or because it was longer than I expected. It just wasn't interesting. There were a few side characters with little purpose or dialog. They were introduced and shown as illustrations and nothing more. I didn't understand why they were written at all when Fig and Stick were more than enough to solve the mystery. Perhaps this is based on a television show or a series that I lack context in. But even if that were so, there were just a lot of unnecessary characters and plot points that did not advance the story at all and distracted me pretty easily.