This is a cruel book. It celebrates unpleasant behaviour in the name of retribution: even the last few pages which show that our "hero's" actions do not have the desired effect, does not change that, for me.
The book is well written, and I did make it to the end, but it is not an experience that I would repeat. Perhaps, this is a child of its time: I cannot think of a cultural format, in this country, which is not being given a large dollop of violence to increase its titillation appeal and I, for one, am getting more and more tired of this.
Not a book that I could recommend. ( )

I thought this was a fantastic book - the kind that really has you glued until the end. It was not at all what I imagined it to be; in fact, the plot was quite different to what I had thought, which made it really quite refreshing to read!!

Two points - the firstly not necessarily bad, but it's hard to read it without Alexi's own voice in your head. Secondly, well, I felt a little disappointed by the ending, like drinking a bottle of soft drink and finding the last two mouthfuls had gone flat. The actual final page ending ending left one with a feeling of unease, discontentment that really suited the feel of the book however the last few happenings just seemed a little, well, odd or slightly out of place to me.

But these are relatively minor things. Otherwise, I thought it was a great book, and captured tragedy, comedy, and whatever it means to be human these days really quite well in a manner that made me laugh, yet quite disturbed at the same time. ( )