I love books like this. Really slow, drawn out multigenerational family studies. I found it so interesting to hear Valerie's story and the story of her whole family. It centers around her husband's abuse and her life story, culminating her trial for his death after more than forty years of marriage.

Mostly I just found this fascinating. This whole book was engrossing from page one and I never wanted to put it down. I love a book that draws me in like that.

The final third lost me a bit. It kind of felt like the book lost focus and was trying to get too exciting, but it really just wound up being a bit unbelievable and less interesting. It also focused a lot less on Valerie in favor of one of her children.

It also felt a little too short. Like this is a lengthy book for sure, but with how much time it covered, it didn't really have the space to fully develop all the characters the way they deserved. It was a little flat sometimes.

But I had such a great time reading this. I love interesting books and this held my interested the entire time.