*I received an advance copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*

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This book actually was the first book I used as a #commuteread on Litsy when I started my new job, so I think it will forever hold a place in my heart. However, this book wasn’t anything super special. The book follows Ruth Malone, while we try to figure out whether or not she killed her kids. In my opinion, it’s pretty obvious she didn’t, and that someone else was behind all of it. The ending did surprise me, and I didn’t hate reading this book! In fact, I enjoyed the slower pace of it in comparison to other thrillers. In fact, it was a perfect commute read in that it sucked me in when I was reading it, but I wasn’t missing it throughout the day.

One thing I didn’t really enjoy about this book was the Pete Wonicke storyline. It didn’t really serve a purpose except to give us a bit of a broader view of who the main character was, and it kind of irks me when characters feel created just for exposition purposes. I wasn’t a huge fan of how obsessed he was with Ruth, and multiple times it made me really uncomfortable.

Overall, this book isn’t terrible, it’s an easy read that is quick to get through, and hits on a lot of points regarding sexism in the 60’s, especially views on motherhood. I am so grateful to have received an ARC of this book, and really enjoyed my time reading it!