Thoughts

All the Liane Moriarty books I’ve read so far have been a real treat - that attention to detail and incredible character work layered on intriguing plots can only end up in a good result. I do think this one is weaker than some of the recent reads, though, and mostly because of the big ‘twist’. It’s so built up and takes so long to be revealed that it ends up being disappointing (given the context, this seems like the wrong word but just in terms of pacing!) and something that surely shouldn’t have caused the ripples that it did. However, the way it all unwinds is interesting, I just think it needed to come earlier in the book to live more in the after than in the before.

Rating: 3 / 5