Lives up to the hype. Strong storyline, especially if you love lifelong sagas and recurring characters. Emotionally tough material is balanced with some hilarious conversational prose.

Megan Abbott is one of those reliable authors for me. Her stories are guaranteed twisty page turners. They keep me up too late and make me want to read instead of work. This latest was no different.

I have never read Eugenides before, but I do tend to enjoy short story collections. The first story in the collection was my favorite, and quite unlike the others.