I'd had this book on my list for a bit ... I'd even happened upon a physical copy during thrift store shopping. I was happy when it was selected as the Book Club pick for my local group.  Amazon exclusive (not available from the library), but the Kindle copy was available as part of Prime Reading, and I borrowed the audio on my AmazonMusic trial (one audiobook a month included). 

My thoughts during/upon finishing ... ehhh. It was fine. I think I struggled with the audio a bit, the male narrator's voice just didn't match the character for me, and then the female narrator voiced both Billie in the present (1st person/present tense) and Sally (past tense/3rd person). I felt like Sally needed her own voice, not Billie's voice. It would have been a deal-breaker if the Sally sections had been 1st person. 

This had the ploy of starting at an exciting spot in the story "the old woman lets out a scream, raises her gun ... and shoots me." It's labeled "Prologue" ... but it's a "preview".   And then Chapter 1 is Two Weeks Earlier. I don't know, I get so sick of this "technique" ... I can understand it, "let's hook the reader right away" but honestly, it's just annoying to me. A spoiler. And in this book, it's repeated, paragraphs, in Chapter 15, when the story catches up to that "preview" point. 

We have POVs of Finn, Billie and Sally (the first two 1st person/present tense, Sally's story from the past in 3rd person/past tense). In the Kindle Table of Contents, some of the chapter's headers are included (showing when/dates) but not the POV. The audiobook had just the numerical chapters listed, not even showing that the book was broken into two parts. The paperback didn't even deign to provide a TOC (per usual for novels today). 

I was much more interested in Sally's life history than the present day, well, 1998, stuff (there are actually three timelines, past/1998 and the present, which is, today?) ... the reveal was pretty obvious from the start. Chapter 15 ... a repeat of paragraphs in the prologue. Chapter 17 ... did I miss something?? "Her account" without telling us/the reader what Sally's account was (it comes later).  Ch26 was "Years and Years Later" ?? Again, SPOILER ...

With Book Club books, I'll often try to delve a little deeper than just a quick audio experience for enjoyment. No discussion questions in the book, and I couldn't find any online. We'll see if I can get in a re-read (with my eyes, just glancing through for the review I feel like I was connecting a bit better reading than listening) and what comes up for discussion at book club. 

No proFanity. There is some sex, but nothing explicit.