I've been trying to read more "popular" books but this was just ok. 

Booooooo. This was overwrought. I was very intrigued the first half and my enthusiasm wore off steadily until the weak conclusion. I thought this was a little boring. I wish there was more to say about it. It felt like an amalgam of a lot of stories and it didn't bring anything new. I didn't dislike the writing, I would read this author again but I found the story and characters too crafted to where the ending didn't satisfy me. We went a lot of directions here: a mystery of someone dying, a weird creepy tech company, growing up in a cult, the resurfacing of a successful person linked to her past, a haunted-ish house, the main character's fear of commitment. Pick a lane. Develop any one of those ideas rather than scattershotting every idea at once. Horror trope bingo. 

This was long. I think it could've been shorter but I liked the writing. The characters felt human and knowable. I think the plot could have been tightened to a more narrow scope. 

So slow, boring. Not enough sex. Too much entrepreneurship 😅

It brought me to Storygraph. I know I can't totally escape the ecosystem Amazon has built but one major way I interact with the brand is Goodreads and Kindle (my library uses Kindle). So I felt this change would be meaningful in my life. 

I loved this book. I loved her way of storytelling. I loved the shade of character she used describing people - she didn't over explain or be too vague.