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A good first novel
I made the serendipitous decision of reading The Little Prince before starting this, completely unknowing that the two books are quite intertwined, so if you enjoyed The Little Prince and want to see that evolved into a slightly more matured story, then this is for you.
As I was reading I found myself wavering back and forth on whether or not I was really enjoying it. In retrospect, the pacing of the book makes a lot of sense with the thematic elements all laid out in the end, but as you read it may seem quite haphazard with not much drive in the story direction. It's quite a mundane story. It flirts with creating tension, but doesn't really follow that energy through. Rather, it opts to leave questions and mysteries unanswered, but the resolution does make the lack of direction worth it.
The voice of the narrator is a bit childish, and I think I'm done reading kids content (or at least kids as narrators) for a while, because it did get old, and I won't lie that at certain points, without spoiling, I thought the main character was simply acting, well, childish and rude.
With all that being said, I think each scene acts well enough on its own to create enough engagement and narrative tension to keep you reading to the end. It's a good mix of straightforward description and dialogue, and much like The Little Prince, uses a good amount of figurative language to challenge your language skills a bit. And just want to emphasize how strongly it ended. This was when the narrative satisfaction, as well as the writing style and quality, were at their best.