i just finished this book and i literally have no idea what just happened. the alternating povs and character shifts were incredibly jarring and it made for a difficult experience. it was certainly ambitious and i can appreciate the creative format, but frankly there were so many characters and plot lines that i struggled to connect so i didn't understand WHY we were spending so much time with them. the plot twist at the end would've been more satisfying had i understood literally anything more about cleo's past; it could've been good but i just didn't understand how the two murders were connected (maddie being the coincidence doesn't count). the characters were a resounding meh: i wasn't attached to any of them, although maddie occasionally intrigued me with her post divorce self exploration, but none of it felt like it held any weight. if i hadn't been listening to an audiobook, this would've been very easy to DNF.