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My second book from the International Booker List. I read Reservoir Bitches before the longlist was announced. What did I think?

Well, I enjoyed it. I didn't love it. It's the story of a couple of 'expats' from an unnamed southern European country who had moved to Berlin to work and how the city changes as time and gentrification start to bite. It could be about almost any European city. Some of it definitely sounds familiar to someone who lives in London, although I missed out on my drugs, clubs and galleries era. I was more of a pub type of person.

I thought it was well-written and drily funny. I also felt Lantronico was exorcising some of his own experiences. This is apparently his fourth book, but the first to be be translated into English. There's not much extremity in it. The prose feels clear and direct. Almost unemotional. Like a review of a life for some kind of social media website.

It's only about 100 pages long, which makes it a quick read.

Three stars. I did highlight a lot though, which suggests it'll be a book I'll come back to.