I didn’t know much about this one going in. The opening was fetching, and I got into it almost immediately. I found it funny, sort of ahead of its time or not quite what I expected, and there were several moments where I was laughing out loud. I got a little “done” with it by the last 100 pages or so (it’s oddly long at 560 pages for an otherwise small feeling story) and so I was happy to finish it when the time came. […]