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The Good:
The characters are all amazing - mythical figures inhabiting an unnamed part of Latin America some time in the middle of the 20th century. The setting is vivid, and the series of vignettes through the first half of the book read like fairy tales. It's also pretty funny.

The Bad:
The sense of magic really died away in the second half. It became a fairly shallow political story full of neat resolutions and pleasant anticlimaxes. And books about writers always feel a bit self-congratulatory.

'Friends' character the protagonist is most like:
Eva is the emotional rock to her loved ones, and fiercely loyal, just like Joey. She also works in media.