Meh. This review will be slightly spoiler-y, though I won't give away any of the main plot points.

I enjoyed the comments slipped into the narrative about the current state of mystery/thriller as a genre. I've been singing that same tune for some time now.

Otherwise, I didn't think all that much of this book. The plot was contrived, and Anna's character felt wildly inconsistent to me. I often found it hard to sympathize with her because she came across as downright self-involved at very odd moments. And her friendship with Mary Beth never made a lick of sense. Unless Anna had been as nasty as Mary Beth, why would she have been interested in being friends with such a woman in the first place?

Lastly, I think this book is making something of a political point, but it feels shoehorned in here instead of being a natural part of the plot. Though I agree with the point the book is making, I wish the author had done a better job of weaving it into the narrative in a way that would have made it feel more of a natural, organic part of the plot.