Devin Lind’s Reviews > A Weak American in Russia & Ukraine: Adventures & Misadventures Living among the Natives > Status Update

I really wanted to like this book.

It started off funny enough, and the mix between funny and serious worked. But as I read on, it became gloomy bordering on absurd. Someone compared it to Seinfeld, which might be one reason behind my growing aversion to the book.

I'll leave it for a while and return to it later - I don't think this is a book you should read cover to cover at once.

I really like the way Parchomenko goes from a serious subject to a funny anecdote - quite clever. There are some typos/errors, but so far the book hasn't suffered.

While some things in this book kind of makes me sad, it's a funny book so far.