It took all I had to read half way through this book. But I had to finally succumb to boredom and throw it away. It is a very rare occasion when I don't finish a book, out of pure curiosity if nothing else. But I'm glad to be done with this load of annoying nonsense. If you enjoy corny shallow characters,and stories that try so hard to be funny and at the same time political then you'll enjoy this. Otherwise, don't even bother.How this author is so popular, I'll never quite figure out.