I really enjoyed this novel. It was very unusual and non-formulary. I found myself totally absorbed in the storyline. Mentally, it is a bit difficult to picture someone born in an aged body with a child's mind and then getting younger while getting older mentally. I had to often stop and try to picture what stage the character was in, in order to understand what was going on. But it is worth the effort and moves very quickly...I often though of the saying "Youth is wasted on the young" and how this is not always true. There is a reason for proper age progression.