It became an unexpected hit when it was reported in the media that National Tsinghua University graduate student Hung Hsiao-hui, who had murdered her classmate, had worked as a hostess in such a bar.
當時恰巧發生喧騰一時的清大研究生情殺案，兇手洪曉慧剛好也曾在酒店上班，媒體就把這兩件事連在一起大幅報導，使得這本書聲名大噪。