Victoria (YSB) - reviewed on 12/4/2009 + 636 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

Ehh... This book had an interesting premise and structure, but it seems that some of the more interesting parts of the story fell in the gaps between sections. Really, the book's downfall lay in the characters. I can't think of a book with more unlikable and unrealistic characters. I didn't even know that books could make six-year-olds unlikable. As for unrealistic, these four "six"-year-olds were so grown up that rather being precocious, they were ridiculous.
The book starts off with the most unlikable of the four, Sol. I am fairly certain that the Hitler himself was a more pleasant six-year-old than the megalomaniac masturbator Sol.
That being said, there were some entertaining parts of the book, but all in all it was simply too unrealistic to enjoy. There were factual errors as well as some translation mistakes. I really wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

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