I thought I quite liked the story but it got a bit creepy in the middle. I also thought I was losing my memory when I couldn't recall the protagonist's name. Alas, I realized it wasn't mentioned throughout the entire book.
Things started becoming weird for the protagonist, a 7-year old boy, when his family car was stolen and their tenant was found dead (carbon monoxide poisoning) in the car. The protagonist wandered into the Hempstock's farm one day when he found a coin lodged inside his throat and met with the three women (one had been 11 years old for a very long time) who lived there. It was there that they told him something wicked had been stirring trouble in the town by giving people what they wanted (which in this case it seemed was money, the root of all evil). Lettie Hempstock the 11 year old girl then brought the protagonist with her to set a boundary for the evil one, so as to protect the town. They failed to keep evil away as it had lodged itself inside the foot of the protagonist. A beautiful housekeeper appeared at his home one day and started to wreck havoc by seducing his father and sister. It was the evil one in disguise and she was out to get the boy as he was her link to home.
To cut the story short, all were resolved except that Lettie fell into a deep sleep after saving the boy from the varmints who wanted the boy's heart. The boy came back to visit the Hempstocks over the years but he never could remember what happened due to Lettie's grandma's snipping and stitching of his memories. He was made to come back to the farm just so Lettie could know he was worth her sacrifice. However, whenever he left the farm, he would only recall that Lettie had left the farm for Australia.
I liked the protagonist's character, an avid book-reader who found solace in stories rather than reality and who also found courage through his friendship with Lettie.
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