I hated this book, i knew i would 'cos i hated the cover and sometimes you are right to judge a book by its cover.

The only decent character in the whole damn thing was the dog.

The situations were ridiculous, unbelievable and written for 'comedic effect' (comedy must be different in Kiev) and the people so unbelievably stupid /naive (depending on your view point) as to render the whole thing annoying because it's so far fetched.

if someone who wasn't from ukrainian descent wrote it the literary rascist police would be after them.

It was predictable, full of itself and smug. though i have to admit she can write descriptive scenes but most of the time i just thought get on with it.

*spoiler* oh and the real kick in the teeth is it's a love story! they dont' tell you that on the cover *spoiler*

avoid this book if you are male or intelligent or both, i tried to pass it over to my mum (who reads all kinds of crap) this weekend and she left it behind!


i'd give it (a generous) 3/10 'cos i liked Dog. she should write more in the style of Dog