I am super conflicted about my feelings towards this book. I chose this title for a buddy read I hosted through bookstagram and I enjoyed the discussions I had with the people who participated. There are a lot of important topics in this novel that need to be debriefed and therefore it is a good title for a book group/buddy read. However, I was really expecting this book to have an exciting, fast-paced plot because of how it was marketed. I can tell you right now - The Night Swim is definitely a legal mystery, not a suspenseful thriller. If I had known that going in, my rating of this book may have been higher. If you are looking to read something by Megan Goldin, I would suggest trying her other novel, The Escape Room, over this one.