Journal Entry 1 by rapturina from Yantai, Shandong China on Saturday, February 06, 2010

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Journal Entry 2 by rapturina from Yantai, Shandong China on Sunday, March 07, 2010

I'm not sure what to think of this book... I enjoyed the story and some parts were genuinely funny, but the light dusting of magical realism seemed a bit wrong. I don't know, isn't magical realism - when applied - supposed to fit into the story as if it's real? That didn't seem to work out too well with this book. Either way, when I got past that (it seemed to peter out after being about half way) I liked the book better. I didn't care too much for the characters, which didn't help in my appreciation of the story, but it was entertaining enough. I thought the ending - with the parade and Dot's flight - was very well done. All in all, it was an okay read, too bad I couldn't really get into it. I'm sure that's just me though. :D 

Journal Entry 3 by rapturina at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, October 15, 2011

Sending to Canada via Bookmooch. Happy travels!