I’ve watched all but the most recent season of OITNB but haven’t read the book. The character in the series seems to be about as self-absorbed and dislikable as your depiction of the author.
The show is decent but not great by any means. A few of the characters are somewhat interesting. Many more are 2-dimensional clichés.
I did want to watch the series, but as I mentioned in another post, don’t want to due to the lesbian story line. That, and making Piper Kerman any richer.