This one fell flat for me. The twists were predictable and that one twist in the epilogue just felt so unnecessary. 

I listened to the audiobook of this one and I was thinking “my god this is a long book” but when I checked the published page length I came to the realization that nope, just dragged a lot. Felt like we were never going to get to the end, just consistent talking around it by the main character. Could definitely have probably cut 100 pages of this and still had the same affect. 

It was still entertaining though and I spent the day reading it so I think I’d still recommend it, just don’t go into it with all the hype that has been surrounding it. 

One random spoiler thought that I must briefly mention:

As soon as we met Marlene and got the description of her relationship with Richard I was immediately creeped by the not so subtle incesty vibes. By the end of it I was 100% on that theory train and I feel uncomfy about how that plot point was left unfinished ….