When I first read this five years ago, I was entranced by the author's descriptions and marveled that she could flip back and forth between POVs so skillfully. I had no idea who the murderer was, and enjoyed the book a ton.
I've uh, discovered a wide variety of books since then (thank you BookTube and Goodreads; you have introduced me to so many amazing books, concepts and people). I remembered a lot from the first read, however, and was eager to read it again. I read it cover to cover and pouted over the fact that it was -predictable- largely. Even if it were my first time reading it, I could have predicted accurately how many of the characters' stories do indeed turn out. That's not a bad thing. Sometimes I really like being able to. This time--Deborah and Helen were the strongest characters. I want a novel with Deborah or someone like her, as a detective! ( )

Ending a bit didappointing ( )

I thought the ending would have a little more umph. But for the most part, was really interesting. ( )

This book falls fairly squarely in the Not Great But Didn't Hurt Anything category. I was engaged until the end and didn't really feel cheated but didn't feel that fulfilled either. A prominent physician dies. And then it is discovered that he had multiple woman who thought they were his one true love. And then it is discovered he was murdered. ( )

This is not usually the kind of book I would pick up for myself. It was for my Book Club, although I am sort of glad I did read it.

For the most part I found the plot of this book really interesting and found myself wanting to keep turning the page. Getting the point of view of each wife and the detective really helped put everything together while also not making the women out to be monsters. I was so nervous that this book was going to turn into a Lifetime movie type novel but was pleasantly surprised.

My only real complaint is that the ending turned into more of an Agatha Christie novel with how Sam put everything together. There also really isn't any conclusion. It also felt weird that the last chapter focused on a sub plot that really took away from figuring out who murdered John Taylor. I understood what the author was trying to say with this but it just left the ending very messy and annoying. ( )