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I remember really liking it, but also finding it weird and creepy. I have a vague memory that it might still be around here somewhere, possibly in the attic (apropos!) because either I liked it enough to keep it, or my mom found it at some point and gave it to me. But I haven't read it in so long that I don't really remember much about it now other than the sentient dolls that only come to life when Maggie is around. I do remember that I didn't find Maggie and her temper tantrums at all offputting as a child; I think I related to her feelings of anger and resentment. But I have noticed that I often react very differently to child protagonists as an adult, sometimes in ways that completely upend my feelings on them as characters - what I wanted out of kid protagonists when I was a kid is really different from what I want now.