<Has anyone else read this book? What did people think?

I haven't read it yet, but the people I know who have seem rather lukewarm about it -- but they all seem to have *wanted* to love it, which is an interesting dynamic.

I like Michelle Tea's writing, and I like the illustrator (her name escapes me), so I'd imagine I'd want to love it, as well.

Any thoughts?>

i thought rent girl was pretty good for what it is although it's not as good as it could have been. the writing is kind of disconnected and antiseptic and the illustrations are sort of erotic and clownish. basically, it doesn't completely get to the heart of the matter as far as sex work is concerned. but it does provide an interesting caricaturish glimpse into some of the people who inhabit that world.

the illustrator's name is lauren mccubin. her illustrations for the book are creepy and weird. kind of like velvet clown paintings.