Oh man. I don't think I could ever give up a pet to the army. I cried a few times while reading it.

I'm sure that Ms. Kingston's advice works very well for other people, but a lot of what she said boiled down to advice I've heard many times about how an orderly house leads to an orderly life, or that you feel better if you have less clutter. This would make for a fine book, except that I find some of her other statements offensive. If your house burns down, that's a sign from the universe that you need to restart your life. If you have books near your bed, then your primary relationship is with them and not people. If you have extra cans of food in your house, it's great to just throw them away. If they were outdated, I would totally agree with that statement, but otherwise, wouldn't it be better karma to donate them to a food pantry? I'm sure there are many people out there who wouldn't have any problem with the above statements and many of the others that she provides, but I found most of them to be quite irksome. If it wasn't such a short book, I wouldn't have finished it.

An interesting take on Sherlock Holmes, and what a creepy villain! I wonder how some aspects are going to be resolved to match what we already know about Holmes, but I think this series is off to a great start.