** spoiler alert ** 
 I always give a book 50 pages to suck me in. My boyfriend is a huge Douglas Adams fan (gifted me with Hitchhikers, what a catch, I know) and I tried especially hard for his benefit. This book narrowly escaped my 50 page limit. I found the first bit (the dinner scene, especially) slogging along. It wasn't until the shotgun came out that I said, "Wait... what the fuck?!", flipped back a few pages and reread. 
 After that I was done for. Swallowed the book whole. What a great story.