For fans of Maguire's: does it get more interesting when the lead grows up? Is this one of his better books? Well liked? Etc.

I liked it a lot better than "Wicked" (which I would have liked better if he had cut out a lot of the digressions), but overall I think Maguire is a little dull. What seems to get the best reviews for him seems to be "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister", which I haven't read.