Believe it or not, this is actually my first Victor LaValle, even though I've had The Ballad of Black Tom in my physical library for years. LONE WOMEN immediately pulled me in from the very first page and didn't let me go. It's quickly paced and has an overall ominous feeling with great jump scares. Adelaide, our main protagonist, has a hilarious inner voice that is well balanced with her overall conflict. Adelaide's burden is so symbolic of the burden of women of color, specifically Black women, to take care of business without asking for help or investigatin what ails us too closely because of the fear that it'll consume us. I also appreciated the variety of supplemental perspectives; they helped add a certain level of tension because we, as readers, end up knowing just a little bit more than Adelaide, yet LaValle still managed to find ways to keep us surprised.