I hope first-time Lisa Jewell readers don't pick this book up first.

This book has too many characters, terrible parents, children who think they're adults, and a very unsatisfying ending. I didn't find the "mystery" of it all very compelling... I had guessed a large chunk of it pretty early on. I think there was too much left unresolved - with the dad and his mental health struggles as well. And free-spirited Adele knowing so much yet saying so little didn't sit right with me. I was so frustrated by the end of things I wanted to pull my hair out.


Sorry to my friends - I picked this one for book club. Consider my bad choice to be purposeful: our March theme was "betrayal" after all!