It started off so well! I liked the premise, I liked the characterisations, I liked the class consiousness, I liked that 'the help' had their own narrative too. I liked that it was easy to read but still interesting. I guessed who the killer was about a third of the way in and was actually pretty disappointed that I was right. It makes sense, but it seemed a little lazy to be honest. I loved the first half, but unfortunately the second half just wasn't good. I mean, it was still a bit tense, but it felt dragged out, over explained, and the ending was invevitable unfortunately. I was hoping for more from the book. Enjoyable, but could have been so much better.