I had high hopes for this book, but they just weren't met. I found the start of it boring and only stuck with it because a good friend had told me how much she loved it. I did like the setup of telling the story through multiple years on the same day. I found it very creative. I liked the writing and the author's tone. I just found the plot to be less that I'd hoped for. The book finally started to pick up near the middle and I found myself getting more involved with it, the reading going faster and easier. But then the bottom dropped out. An event in the plot completely ruined the entire book for me. After that I was only half-heartedly reading. I felt very disappointed in where the author chose to take the plot. I appreciate that he did make it less predictable than it otherwise could have been, but it just wasn't my cup of tea.