"the artwork is quite good"

I'd say "not at all bad" - which in my corner of the world means "brilliant"...Probably a good idea to read it with a young child, MtheGM. They tend to be better at this stuff than most adults.

No accounting for tastes. I suppose you could class The Wild Things with Marmite, in that respect. The book, I mean - I haven't seen the film, and wouldn't really expect it to quite measure up.