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This book has everything you could wish for as a language learner. The story is always very enjoyable and interesting, but keeping a familiar setup for every chapter. Indeed, while every chapter is focused around one character/snack, some elements always come back, particularly in description of the snack shop. So, if you're not very used to reading descriptions this is a great entry into that, as you will keep seeing similar descriptions.

That doesn't mean that this book is boring however, as while some things stay the same, a lot changes from chapter to chapter. I have gotten surprised all throughout this book, with an unexpected twist in every single chapter. And for the language learning aspect, as each chapter has a different focus, there's also a lot of topic related vocab.

My only caveat would be that there's a substantial amount of mimetic words and onomatopoeia used, so that can be a bit disconcerting at first if you're not used to it. It gets easier however, as a lot of those words are used several times throughout the book, so you have the opportunity to learn them as you read. Other than that, vocab can be pretty varied, but as long as you've gotten the vocab in the first half of the chapter, you're mostly good to go.

As for grammar, that was really the easiest part imo. That's not to say that there aren't a variety of grammar points used, but the sentences themselves are mostly simple and straightforward, so I wasn't struggling like I might've with books around the same level where vocab is easier but grammar more complex.

Also, a note about the audiobook, I really recommend listening along to it if you have access to it! The voice acting is pretty good, so it can only be a plus to actually reading it.