I just didn't like this I'm afraid - I tried to, and I really did persevere but in the end it had to be one I didn't finish. I can't put my finger on exactly why or what it was, but we just didn't gel. I'm sorry.

I enjoyed reading this book a lot. It was fast paced and undeniably quirky. The characters weren't exactly likeable but each and every single one of them had an unique style and story. And Ian, the goldfish, was definitely something. Oh, Ian the mysterious cute goldfish. It was such a wonderful idea to string together these very ordinary yet extraordinary stories through the wide eyes of forgetful and charming Ian.

I did feel like the message of the book was piled on a bit too heavy at times. Especially towards the conclusion of the connecting stories and, of course, the end of Ian's fall. And a lot of the character's actions did feel very staged, much like watching a play unfold in a theatre in front of you rather than reading a novel, but that doesn't mean I didn't like where the story ended up. No, it was a very charming tale that had lots of action, creativity and, also, a whole bunch of incredibly amusing chapter titles.

This was a novel with an interesting viewpoint. Although Ian (the goldfish)'s point of view is rather short on attention span (a common if not necessarily true belief) it does show us the lives of a variety of the people who live in the building he is falling past.

Unfortunately I didn't finish reading this one, but I did skim read.
Thankyou for approving my request to read it as, even though I did not finish the book, I have definitely been able to take something from it for referral purposes to customers.