As in Laura Dave’s other books, you get well-developed characters, a great sense of place, good dialog, an interesting central mystery, and a depth of emotion and feeling that’s unique to her writing. It’s an entertaining read, though I found the family more endearing in Eight Hundred Grapes (and it’s a very similar setup in that book: a sister, two brothers, a father with secrets, divorced mom, an important family home in California, etc), and the secret more interesting in The Last Thing He Told Me.
Rating: 4 stars
Yevgeniy Brikman
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