I'd have to call this Robbins's weakest book.First of all, it was too short. Instead of letting events run their course, he chose to end things rather abruptly and tack on a couple of half-baked epilogues.Secondly, the characters lacked depth. This was partly due to the length of the book. There wasn't time to develop any of them fully, and consequently I didn't get to know them well enough to care about them.Thirdly, the writing wasn't as colorful as it has been in his previous books. There were only a couple of passages that made me chuckle out loud, and very few creative turns of phrase. Most seemed forced.And finally, his other books have always left me with some new perspectives on life. This one was fluff.Rated in general, this book gets 2 stars. Rated against other Tom Robbins books, it gets one.