I don’t know if it was the format or the dual narrator setup or what, but I did not enjoy this. I do think I would have enjoyed it more had I read it rather than listened to it, but not by much. 

I found listening to it complicated to follow - the dual male and female narrators made it hard for my brain to adjust to the rhythm of the narrations, and it was difficult to track all the different characters and lives through audio. I did find it helpful that each chapter started with the name of the narrator and their context (bride, guest, etc), but since there were so many and we were also switching from past to present it was a lot to track. While reading might have made it a bit easier, I still think the multiple POVs plus timeline jumps is complex and hard to follow. 

The story itself seemed to move really slowly… it wasn’t until around 60% of the way through that I understood what was going on and something really started to happen. Previous to that, it was a lot of context, background, character building, etc which turned out to be relevant but I ultimately feel like the bulk of the book happened in the last 2 chapters - you found the murdered person, found out who murdered them, got an explanation of why, and also found that people were tied together in more ways than expected. 

But honestly if the book had just been the last 2 or 3 chapters and was a short story, I think it would have had the same effect. Most of the story didn’t feel worth it. 

Overall, I don’t think I would recommend it. I didn’t find myself invested in the story and wanting to pick it back up, and the characters all generally annoyed me.  I love thrillers, and I usually enjoy the build up and tension of them, but this book just missed the mark for me.