I'm a little pissed off with myself because I basically started using the stairclimber at the gym. I started and finished this book entirely on that cursed machine at roughly 54 steps per minute. I am pretty sure that this was a good book. Unfortunately, I mostly associate it with an elevated heart rate and exercise.
Anyway, through the haze of physicality, I vaguely remember feeling that the writing was pretty good and that some of the observations of place were well crafted. The setting was cute and fun.
This book deserved better than the treatment I gave it. For that I am sorry. I'll stick to watching lectures and youtube when I exercise.