PositiveThe Skinny (UK)...it’s clear the author is up to his old tricks again ... Each book is like a tale told by a drunkard with a twinkle in his eye, a true Zen lunatic with a thick Celtic brogue ... Xstabeth is lighter on its feet than its predecessors ... By the end it’s hard to tell whether the story is the ramblings of a madman or a blinding dose of pure cosmic wisdom. But it’s so much fun that it’s also very hard to care.