Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Unlike Anything Else I've Read

I absolutely adore this book. As a reader and huge fan of Bender's short stories, I had been looking forward to her first novel and wasworried that it wouldn't live up to my great expectations. What unfounded fears! The book is funny, original, and full of astute observations about what it's like to be alive. Mona, like Bender, herself, charmed me, intrigued me, and left me wanting more. She does with language what no else can do - giving voices to human fears and frailties in prose that makes reading a joy-ride. Do yourself a great big favor and buy this book!