This took me far longer than a book I was excited about should have. I think I fell victim to overhyping again because I found myself slightly disappointed with the story.
Generally I enjoy a good, plotless fiction type of book, but I could only handle this in chunks. Which is probably worse because the chunks I was reading I was enjoying until I wasn't.

I was hoping for a more tense feeling throughout, but I found myself just thinking "that doesn't sound so bad actually". Perhaps it was part of the story that nothing felt like a real threat, we were Alex this whole and nothing worries Alex. I did really enjoy that everything was contained to this small, vacation town. Even when we get flashbacks, the world never expands beyond what we already know about the way Alex is.

I can't say I didn't have fun because I did, I just didn't have as much fun as I wanted to.