I found Truly Madly Guilty really slow at first. I was annoyed at the alternate timelines that seemed to hint at something profound and yet not profound at the same time. The set up did not work for me, at least until the big reveal of the tragedy of the night.

Once the different time lines began to make sense I could focus on the characters and was pulled into the story. I went from not wanting to pick up the book to not wanting to put it down.

The book was a contemporary and the plot was everything and nothing at the exact same time. . . but the truth is that our lives are the same. There are so many impactful moments that blend into the monotony of every day living. This is what made the novel great, once you got past the start of the novel.