Review:  I always like to give credit for cartoonists that take on such a weighty topic such as this. Those of us who have never had to go through such drama (and hopefully never will have to) really can't appreciate a book like this to its fullest.  This book has three sections, the first contains mini stories, the second section has actual emails from friends who were in different parts of Serbia and third are single page strips that represent a single day.

Let me first confess that I did not read the email section. With the backlog that we have and my general slowness when it comes to reading, I decided it would be best to pass over. 

I hate to say this but I really didn't find this book as compelling as I thought I would.  Perhaps my hopes were to high but I found the stories to not be as personal and insightful as I would have hoped. I got the feeling that I was reading a comic version of  the newscasts that were going on rather than the authors first hand accounts. 

I've read other first person accounts of war time that I thought were more compelling than this book.  On the positive side, I thought the author did a nice job of showing impartial thoughts on these troubled times.

Overall: 3 stars. This one really didn't work for me, but I liked the effort to let the outside world know what is going on in his country.

Ron Miller

Review: I read most of the emails before I ran out of time and had to pass the book on to the next reviewer. I would have to agree with the general tone of the book that Ron commented on. I'm not sure if it is because of the sensationalized nature of the news here in America, but I think that the matter of fact tone in the book about the things going on almost trivialized the events. While it is important to portray the strength of the human character in enduring events beyond ones control while still keeping a positive attitude about life, the stories and emails didn't give enough raw feeling to truly empathize with what was going on to put that endurance into perspective.

Overall:  3 stars. While it was interesting to read about someone's experiences in a situation like that, the overall execution of the book left me feeling a little flat.

Robert Weiman