This book started of strong. I was into it, I really loved the spooky set up of a boy thought to be gone coming back to haunt the man who left him on a raft all those years ago. 
But then... it went somewhere else that I can’t even tell you what it’s about. Several parts didn’t make sense to me:
-Normally I love POV switching in novels but the ones in this book felt so random to me, and were so infrequent that I didn’t get the point of it. 
-The main character was supposed to have some sympathetic qualities to him, according to the author in the interview questions. But I found 0 redeemable qualities about the abusive, narcissistic, neglectful man Alex is. 
-The plot points made no sense. The police made no sense, we are supposed to believe that the police act like this when it comes to the rich and powerful? They did not take a home invasion seriously? And we are supposed to believe that the family doesn’t report the video of them? This just seems so far fetched to me. 
-the big “twist” at the end that gives no resolution to the one part of the story that I cared about that made me NOT DNF this nook.
-the ending left me with a “did I really just read this? Is this all there is to it?” 

Like I said the book started off strong and there were some great writing moments in this. But overall it was a disappointment.