I like her writing style. The novel is nicely paced and I loved the art anecdotes and short narrations. I don't think it is as scandalous as some people say. ( )

Quite the entertaining story. The protagonist is a spoiled, only child, whose father never seemed to be around, and whose mother liked to tell her fascinating stories. Katherine often seems drawn to older men who, like her father, have plenty of money. She finds a good use for their money, and when they get married to her, she finds a way to lose them.
I found the numerous vignettes of various cannibals in history that the author included for the reader's amusement informational. ( )

I listened to this book on Audio CD. I was surprised by how long and drawn out this book felt. In the end I liked it but it really didn't get interesting until the 6th out of 8 CDs. I think it would have gotten my attention better without the long random history lectures all over the place. ( )

This is like sitting next to someone on a long flight. At first you chat a little and she seems interesting, so you don’t mind when she starts talking about her life. And as she gets comfortable with you, she begins opening up more and more, until she seems to be censoring herself less and starts saying some slightly strange stuff, but she says it so off-hand or matter-of-fact that you think you must have misheard or misunderstood. But by the time the plane is beginning its descent, you’ve begun to suspect that everything you thought was a strange metaphor she meant literally, and so you just keep smiling and nodding as though you are totally cool with everything she’s said, and checking to make sure that all your personal identification is accounted for because you don’t want this woman knowing your full name, much less your address, and you sure as hell aren’t planning to share a cab with her when you land, and in fact you’re thinking of having your own cab perform some evasive maneuvers just in case she tries to follow you in hers. And later, when you get home, you install an alarm system and floodlights around your house and get several large dogs and/or handguns.

And yet, when all is said and done, you still kind of like that woman on the plane. She’s really not so different from other people. Wait, seriously? If she’s just like everyone else, does that mean everyone else is like her? So you think on that for a while and then install a razor-wire perimeter fence.

In other words, this book was interesting, a little creepy, and generally a kick in the pants.
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