I too felt it as just collection of short stories .I really liked the narration of his previous novels - I too had love story and Can Love happen twice. But this one is boring and disappointing! Its just nothing but waste of time and money. it does not successful in holding the reader to complete it.
The only advantage of this book is its flexibility. If you are getting bore, which you surely will, leave that there and start with any further chapter. Story will remain unaffected because there is no story. Each chapter is a independent adventure of writer’s childhood.
Talking about writing style of the writer, it is no more different from his other two books. But in some cases he fails miserably to reach at even his own set up standard of writing. Simple sentences will hardly left you with four or five awe for the writer throughout the book.