Well, I succumbed to the hype and read it. And it was good. I enjoyed it. But it wasn't what it was built up to be. Maybe it's impossible to live up to that kind of hype...maybe it's just because it's not my preferred genre. I mean it kept my attention, it was suspenseful. But I guessed the "twist," which normally I don't do. I knew the reveal before it happened. And though I liked the ending a lot - I liked the way Anna and Rachel ended things and I felt it was both appropriate and deliciously deserved - it just wasn't quite enough to save the whole book for me. I think probably the most impressive part of the book, and what I really took away from it, was the exploration of Rachel, Anna and Megan as women. It was a very interesting set of character explorations/studies. Three different women with different stories, their interactions with men (and one in particular, of course), and the role that having a child plays in a woman's life. Because that's what this story was for me - a review of how motherhood, or the lack thereof, can completely take over and change everything a woman is or thinks she is. It was interesting and worth reading, but maybe not quite to the extent that it's time on the bestseller list makes it seem...