I admit that it was an interesting, light-hearted read. Something that would be appropriate for a horrifically long plane ride or lounging on a beach.
It did take me a while to get into this book though. The author has a tendency towards really long and involved sentences. As I do not like to reread sentences to understand what they mean, and was forced to do so in this book, I was a little bit annoyed.
Also, the humor was not as evident in the beginning as it was in the end. Or maybe I was just more used to reading it and could focus on the humor by the time I hit page 150?
If you have read reviews for this book, I think that most of them are blown out of proportion. It is not as good as they say it is. Which is also one of the reasons that I had a hard time in the beginning - unmet high expectations.
But if you want something that is light-hearted and manages to walk the line between ridiculous and unbelievable, it's definitely the right book for that.
And, as a disclosure, the natives of this island are neither cannibals (though the dogs are), nor are their sex lives discussed at any great length.
About the review for Blameless by Gail Carriger: I think I'm going to need to reread the book before I offer opinions. Look for it sometime in the future!
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