Beautiful You

By Chuck Palahniuk

Book Overview

Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a big Manhattan law firm. She has an apartment, but no love life. When C. Linus Maxwell, a mega-billionaire and international playboy, invites her to dinner and then whisks her off to a hotel in Paris, where he brings her to undreamed-of heights of sexual gratification for days on end, Penny is, well, pleased. However, when Penny discovers she is a test subject for a line of female sex toys so effective that women by the millions are lining up outside the stores to buy it on opening day, she understands the gravity the situation. A billion husbands are about to be replaced. What is Maxwell really up to? Erotically enabled world domination? Penny sets out to discover his motivations, and with a little help, stop him before it is too late.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345807111
• ISBN13: 9780345807113
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A Palahniuk Classic

One of my favorite of his books. His personal weird brand of feminism/humanity cradled in an absurd (but not that absurd) story.

Felt disjointed and unfocused

The premise seemed fun enough and while it was kind of boring to begin with, the middle of it really picked up with some cool ideas. That’s about all I have to say that’s good about it. Too many different ideas are introduced in the end half of the book and none of them are wrapped up in a way that felt satisfactory. All the characters are super one dimensional and I really just regret that I wasted time on this one. Even as someone who usually is a fan of Chuck, I would recommend skipping this one.