My sister told me to get this book - she raved about it, couldn't say enough wonderful things about it. Well, I bought it, paid too much to have it shipped to Europe from the US and it has taken me 5 days to read maybe 20 pages. I HATE this book and do not understand the fuss. Lost interest within the first sentence or two when the author had the narrator calling his/her brother "Chaper Eleven." Yuck is all I have to say.