Yikes. I did not like the main characters in this book! One reviewer calls the book, "Funny, provocative, and exceedingly dark...." I would simply call it disturbing. The reviews of this book reminds me of all the people that loved Dexter. I tried watching it on DVD and couldn't even make it through the first season. As much as I love reading and watching TV & movies about serial killers, I have come to the conclusion that I like watching the "good guys" catch the serial killers - not the serial killers themselves.
In the end, the only character that I really had any respect for was Serge. I certainly didn't see that coming when I started this book! Serge was portrayed as a self-serving and egocentric politician. Not a stretch really, when you think of the average politician. ;) When we finally accept that Serge's character has only been introduced to us via Paul, then a different opinion develops. The more I read, the less I liked Paul and the more I liked Serge. Even Babette, Serge's wife, annoyed me. She simply wanted Serge to be Prime Minister, no matter what her children did.
Paul, Claire and Michel were downright sinister. They were a family of psychopaths. Paul's anger and violent streaks were disturbing. None of them valued human life. Paul as a narrator was incredibly annoying as well. Constantly referring to things but then saying that he wasn't going to explain it because it was none of our business. Annoying. So, we don't know why Claire spent time in the hospital (woman's trouble?) and we don't know what Paul was diagnosed with (Psychopathy?) We really don't know Beau's involvement in the whole thing, although he may certainly have been blackmailing Michel and Rick. Was Rick a psychopath too (family genetics and all)? I really don't think so. I think Michel was the dominant leader in that relationship. I believed Babette when she said Rick was home and struggling with the events that happened. How would you like to have a sociopath for a best friend/cousin??
The book was set up in chapters that represented courses of a meal. This is an interesting concept. Truthfully though, I couldn't even appreciate the concept because of how much I hated Claire, Paul and Michel by the end of the book.
Wendy's Rating: **
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