This is the first book I've finished in a long time that I've really wanted to talk about. Excellent book club choice in that way. And I feel a little bad about it, but my enjoyment of the story is entirely schadenfreude-based. I found the central character abhorrent and really took genuine pleasure in how awful she was. It didn't end quite like I thought it would end, but the ending was as realistic as the rest of the book, which speaks to the authors consistency. I thought the changes in point of view were interesting, but built up more of a sense of dread than was warranted by the eventual outcomes.

My discussion offering for the Inklings, typed here so I don't forget: near the end, when Rhianne confronts Judy, did anybody else get the sense that they were far more intimately acquainted than their otherwise merely-professional relationship would indicate? For about 10 minutes my mind whirred with possibilities: long-lost little sister, random illegitimate daughter, something like that.