I really enjoyed this book though I definitely didn't love it. The snag was that I flip-flopped between totally hating and loving the main character. In the times that I hated the character, I felt that the story dragged. But when he was being rather funny, the story seemed to fly by. The main character was just so self centered and childish sometimes. One of the characters nailed it when she called him "Sour." But other times, he was so self confident (though in a irritatingly selfish way), and I couldn't help but admire it.

My favorite lines/passages:
"We had no irony when it came to girls, though. There was just no time to develop it. One moment they weren't there, not in any form that interested us, anyway, and the next you couldn't miss them; they were everywhere, all over the place."

"...and I suddenly forgot how to walk without being aware of every single part of my body."

"Has she only got half a name? Eh? Anna who? Anna Neagle? Anna Green Gables? Anna Conda? Come on."

"Birthdays should be suspended in years like this one: there should be a law, of man if not of nature, that you are only allowed to age when things are ticking along nicely. What do I want to be thirty-six for now? I don't. It's not convenient. Rob Fleming's life is frozen at the moment, and he refuses to get any older. Please retain all cards, cakes, and presents for se on another occasion."

"We watch a man trying to light a cigarette while holding a dog lead, a newspaper, and an umbrella. It can't be done, but he won't give up."

"I've been thinking with my guts since I was fourteen years old, and frankly speaking, between you and me, I have come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains."