I had a hard time falling into this one at first, and I think I can attribute it to only getting to read in small fits and starts. And I think the short reading bursts kept me from getting to immerse myself in the book the way I needed to. A Hurley book doesn't drag you along by the plot...it drags you by the characters, by the chance to explore the world the characters live in. You want to see what happens, sure, but more than that you want to see how the characters evolve because of what happens.

She trots out probably my least favorite scifi trope, the POV character with a missing memory. And a couple times during the book, it was driving me bonkers. But if you hate that trope, too, stick it out...she doesn't do what I'd expected with it.

I continue to be amazed at Hurley's ability to barrage the reader and her characters with horrors and death, and somehow find her way back to an ending that doesn't leave me wanting to drink myself into a stupor. And that without it being obvious, or feeling cheap. She didn't disappoint this time, either.