[Actual rating: 2.5*] Ya know ... this book was better than I thought it would be. Twenty pages into this book I would've never thought that I'd finish it. I didn't particularly like the writing style and the whole situation with Craig and the 14 animals made me more than uncomfortable. I was about to quit <Gone, Gone, Gone . But than, Lio appeared. And hell, I love Lio. I can't really explain why. It's just things like Lio meows for a minute that made me love him. After the first 50 pages or so the novel was pretty decent but nothing extraordinary. Furthermore I thought that 9/11 would have an bigger impact on the story and was kinda disappointed when that wasn't the case.