I don't know why but I was so excited about this book. Although some early reviews got me a little worried about it being too slow paced.
Although I agree it was slow the first half I don't know if I would say it was always a bad thing. I enjoyed learning about parts of the world. But at the same time it did stay slow until maybe the last 150 pages for me. However I did stay interested the whole time. I didn't struggled to want to pick it back up the next day.

I'm intrigued to where the story goes in the next book.

*I received a copy from Net Galley for an honest review*

This is my fourth Ruth Ware book. Gothic suspense is definitely the type of books I look forward to reading by her. I hope we get more of those types of books.

This was probably my quickest read by Ruth. I flew through this. I found myself halfway through before I even put the book down.
Although I do hate books with no chapters it made sense to have it this way for this book.
Even though I was flying through this it was a slow burn. Focusing on the atmosphere, making you question things. Why did things disappear? What was the noises she heard?
The side characters left me intrigued. Was Jean hiding something? Why was Jack always magically there? What's his story?

I found that I didn't see any twist coming. But I also think I was just enjoying the book so much I was waiting to be told instead of trying to figure it out. However the ending felt underwhelming. Even though I can see why Ruth decided to go this way, when I look back throughout the book small hints are given away. I just expected a bigger reveal. Maybe even having no reveal and just more questions