I was looking forward to reading this after seeing so many positive reviews online. The story began quite well, with a murder and a clearly interesting family set up. Told in alternating chapters from different character's POV it didn't blow me away. In the end I was pretty disappointed and wouldn't rush out to read any more of her books.

The author has written (purposefully) some really horrid characters, but I actually found her interpretation of class quite uncomfortable. The story is simple and I didn't think it was executed or written as well as it could have been, particularly [spoilers] the way Laurence was set up in the end by his mother. I did not enjoy the depiction of mental illness either and think the entire book was littered with bad stereotypes. I just wasn't sure if she meant to do that or not - the characters were pretty awful! I thought about only giving it one star, but realised there probably is a market of readers this appeals to, but that doesn't include me!