I wanted to like this book. I really did. I almost quit a few other times just because I was having some issues with the pacing, but I absolutely had to stop when there was a

RANDOM DOG EUTHANIZATION

. Like, I get it, it’s a plot device, but it came out of left field and really ruined the rest of the book for me. I was having a bad mental health day when I went to read this, so I can’t fault the author completely, but wow.