★ 2.5 stars ★

Sure, this was decently entertaining, but I just don't understand the hype.

The twists did surprise me, mostly in the neutral-to-positive range — I particularly liked the reveal that

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it was the other Tom who was gay, they just embarrassed themselves by assuming

— though it did feel like some key information was purposefully omitted so that the reader didn't have much chance of piecing it together. Part of the issue may have been the audio format, but I had trouble keeping straight Madeline and Celeste and their respective husbands and kids (Jane was my relative favorite so she and Ziggy were easier to remember). Also, cheesy ending was cheesy.