The writing style was very engaging and the atmosphere of this book was so vivid — I felt very immersed in the Adirondack summer camp setting. The tidbits of the history of the Van Laar family and how they came to live at Self-Reliance was really interesting. 

The multitude of POVs and subplots kept the momentum of the story going, but when it came to the subplots, there were definitely some characters that I was more interested in than others. I liked the overall ending:

that Bear's disappearance was a cover-up done by the family after Alice accidentally put him in danger

, and

that Barbara disappeared by choice (with help from T.J.) due to the neglect from her family

, and I liked that the two disappearances were

mostly unrelated from each other

. My favorite POVs were Tracy's and Alice's. I liked where Tracy's storyline ended but I wish we had gotten one final POV from Alice after everything was uncovered. 

Overall, I think that while the plot as a mystery/thriller is good (but not excellent), the writing makes this a fantastic literary fiction novel.