This was my fault for not fully understanding what the book was really going to be about. Initially picking this up I thought it would follow the personal lives of the characters and how it impacted the way they play throughout the Yugoslav Wars. However, this was more so a retelling of the stories they came up with for their barbies with some of the real world bleeding through. I did enjoy feeling nostalgic about playing with barbies as a kid and just how your imagination is truly the limit. I can also see how barbies are a stand in for the Western World bleeding into Croatia during this time and the role the main, charismatic, knock-off doll Dr. Kajifeš plays. I overall did like the concept, but towards the end the stories did start to get a bit tedious to get through. Luckily this is a fairly short book and I think many other people may be able to connect with this story much better than I could.