I really liked the ending, but I felt like the book was slow in the middle. I definitely did some skimming in the middle of the book, wondering if I was going to make it through. It didn't pull me in like some books do. I'm one of those readers that gets sucked in and stops doing anything else besides reading. This absolutely did not happen with this book. When I got to the ending though, I was really happy that I had read it and felt really attached to the characters so I'm glad I didn't give up in the middle.

The author's personal relationship to mesothelioma that she writes about at the end of the book was very touching and made the story that much more powerful.