3.75 stars.

This is a very slow novel, told in straightforward but detailed prose, with a small but vivid cast of sympathetic yet flawed characters. I guessed just about all of the major twists before they played out, but the reveals felt organic and while not quite original, the twists themselves fit with the plot, tone, motifs, and other aspects of this book. It’s been a while since I had trouble making peace with an ambiguous/open ending, which goes to show how effectively this narrative was set up to hook the reader.