I was loving this novel...and then the last part progressed, undesirably so, to a level of strange that I just cannot accept as more than three stars. At one point I would have described this story as a psychological thriller, but then it was suddenly sprinkled with moral dilemmas and soapbox posturing reminiscent of a Jodi Picoult novel. Not that there's anything wrong with Jodi Picoult, the attempt here was just out of place. Somewhat disappointing.