Sweet Dreams Are Not Made Of This

I have been wanting to speak out about this book for awhile. What kind of parent drives a pickup with an extension ladder to break into her grown son's home in the middle of the night? I find this story incredibly depressing, what with the themes of aging and death. My children find it downright frightening. The other night we all kind of laughed about how ridiculous it was as I read it aloud to them, and yes, they did chuckle heartily when, a few minutes after "lights out" I came crawling back into their room on my hands and knees... But shortly thereafter there was some quiet crying and "Mommy, you scared us." And finally, "can you take that book out of our room?"

Very disturbing indeed. In conclusion, a good vibrator is better on the nightstand than this book...any night of the week.