This one is twisty.  Lisa rents a spare room in a house owned by a couple (who become increasingly creepy) and discovers a suicide note (she calls it a goodbye note) in her room.  To say Lisa has issues of her own would be understatement.  She may have tried to commit suicide herself, she has scars from falling into a harvester when she was a child.  She isn't in a good place.

What makes this an excellent read is the twists and turns, some of which you could see coming to be fair, but many you couldn't.  Additionally, Lisa isn't quite honest with herself or the reader.  This makes it a tricky book because who do you trust?

It is also about families and what makes a family or a relationship.  What I did enjoy was how Mitchell addresses mental health and illness within the book.  Lisa's ex boyfriend broke up with her because he had recently dealt with his mentally ill brother and did not feel strong enough to handle another loved one being in the same situation.  While this could be seen as selfish by some, it is also him protecting his own mental health.  The conversation between him and Lis about this felt very real and solid.

I really can't say any more because it will ruin the twists and turns.  But this was an excellent way to start Halloween Bingo.  That the square was called second made a good bonus.

This book was very good and had me hanging onto their every word. At times I wanted to smack the main character but what a great story

I'm barring no holds with this bullshit book. It's a mystery--because everyone is lying whether they need to or not. Get caught? Lie harder!--about unlikable people doing unlikable things, often for no special reason. Or, alternately, because they couldn't come up with a worse response. Adult child has finally caught on that her whole life is a lie and that's why she can't understand her nightmares? Obviously the only thing caring parents *can* do is enlist their psychiatrist friend in trying to convince her she's insane, and then have her involuntarily committed.

Fuck that. Fuck those parents and fuck this book.

If that's not enough, I can get way into the extremely tedious writing style. The assumption that we're all intimate with the works of Amy Winehouse. The clumsy redundancy of sentences like "He struggled...his drunken body swaying. In drunken frustration he tipped over." and [The thing] that I landed on collapsed when I landed on it." Also the just plain whatthefuckery of sentences like ""What?" shot out of my dad like a bolt." If you've never played mental Who's on First with yourself while reading a novel, I envy you. Me, I spent a hard minute thinking "I don't know, what shot out of your dad?" "That's right, what." and snorting like a pug dog with a cold. Speaking of dogs, there are none in this book. But there are mice and cats and one pigeon who have a hell of a time. One cat survives. The rest die nasty.

So I reiterate, fuck this book. But thanks again to my lovely cousin who sent it to me when I would not be denied. Perhaps one day I'll listen to them as I hope you readers will listen to me.

I’ve been finding it hard to concentrate on books lately, but this was one I could not put down. I found it a little predictable but I enjoyed the story. It moved quickly, and the characters have excellent development. It leaves you with a sense of foreboding and not sure who in the book to trust.

The ending didn’t pack a punch, but I did enjoy the suspenseful journey.

Surprising twist at the end!

I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this. I listened to it on audio and couldn’t wait to listen to more! Lots of mystery surrounds this story and I imagine it would be a real page turner when read. Would definitely recommend.

I really enjoyed this book! I was very interested in the story and wondered how it was going to end. The story moved at a good pace. I would reccomend this book!