I feel I should have known better than to expect good things from this. I’ve been reading all the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award winners this year, and all have been terrible. 

The first warning sign was that Kate’s POV is set in 2019, when video/smart doorbells were already pretty common. Yet, in all Kate's incredibly important planning, the idea of her husband installing a smart doorbell doesn’t even cross her mind?? If he isn’t tracking you with your phone, obviously he’ll be monitoring the door to visibly see you leaving??? She’s also of the opinion that it’s completely wild for a doorman to keep tabs on her if asked, when it really isn’t. 
 
The next warning sign was Violet’s POV being set during WW2, need I say more?
 
The final kicker was the incredibly BASIC writing style, and absolute absence of originality or nuance in the themes and discussions broached so far. From reviews this doesn’t get any better, and it goes on to include a shit tonne of gratuitous violence towards women. No thanks.
 
Thus I come to the end of my 2023 Goodreads winners reads. I will not be doing this challenge again.