Caroline found 'Firebird' a terrible book with one-dimensional characters and a creaking plot. Not recommended (though good to laugh at!).
Caroline 20/9/98
"The cover says of this book 'You will never forget...' and that's absolutely true. It's diabolical crap, it's reached a new level of awfulness, it's preposterous."
Gavin was not alone in feeling like this about the book, and like everybody else who had read it he can point to many instances of dreadful, appalling writing. Caroline said it's so badly written that it's funny.
Gavin 6/12/98
Favourite phrase so far:
"He didn't handle death well, least of all that of his wife."