Chapters 6 and 7 were really pivotal in terms of plot. I enjoyed how we immediately got the payoff/consequences of our narrator’s actions. We knew, based on Gaiman’s foreshadowing, that letting go of Lettie’s hand would prove to have disastrous consequences, and though it took about two *short* chapters, we finally got to see what happened. It also feels like we’ve been introduced to the main antagonist of the story. While Gaiman has been pretty liberal with his dialogue, except in cases with Lettie, he uses Ursula’s words, rather than her actions/looks, to demonstrate that she is actually a monster. I also really enjoyed the juxtaposition of having the main character call himself a “monster” at the beginning of chapter six, only to show the reader how the rest of his family is becoming monster-like because of Ursula’s influence. This is especially seen in chapter seven with the bathtub scene.