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Language Learning
I listened to the audiobook version of this and found it approachable. I think it's a bit easier than something like ふしぎ駄菓子屋 because it's not a short story collection, and the pool of vocabulary felt like it remained roughly the same. Felt like the amount of lookups needed for comprehension was approachable. Also, as another reviewer noted, the main character speaks slowly as a part of her character. It annoyed me at first but once I realized it's part of her character I got used to it.
Entertainment
This was a silly children's book with a main character who can go into a magical mirror dimension, transform into Alice Liddell, and solves crimes with a talking penguin. The cast includes a lot of fairy-tale characters like Little Red Riding Hood. I like children's books so I enjoyed it, but it was definitely on the sillier end of the spectrum.