Oh, I just keep waiting for another Prep from Sittenfeld and this had a great deal of promise for about the first two thirds of the book. There were the usual complex characters I've come to expect from her novels: real, quirky, self centered and relatable (especially since the main character is the mother of two small children). I also thought the whole paranormal/ESP storyline, and the impending earthquake, definitely kept me engaged - it was a page turner, for the most part. But the last third of the book veered off in a direction that just made me feel horrible. I suppose that's how she wanted us to feel, and that's one of the reasons I liked Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - it incites strong emotions. But this ending almost seemed slap dashed together for shock value when it could have ended in a million different but equally compelling ways.