Disappointing. I realize the source material is about 80 years old, and possibly suffers in the translation from the original Belgish, but that's not enough to make me forgive the book. Tintin roams about, generally getting into mischief, surviving highly improbable situations and escaping via even more improbable means. Repeat 8 times or so, and you have the first part of the book - [b:The Adventures of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets|87424|The Adventures of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Adventures of Tintin)|Hergé|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171103379s/87424.jpg|1826874]. The second part, [b:Tintin in the Congo|490775|Tintin in the Congo|Hergé|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Pzf5WrSTL._SL75_.jpg|1752679], was shorter. There was no rhyme or reason for any of the characters' actions - it was just a series of unplotted accidents, fistfights, kidnappings, escapes, and wearing-of-freshly-hollowed-out-animals.
Snowy was kind of cute at times, but not enough to save the book, in my opinion.