My rating a novel like this on the personal scale of “what I liked” feels presumptuous, though I’m doing it anyway.  

This is a beautifully crafted novel. Characters are so fully developed and described that they feel like people you’ve met. I’d say “three dimensional” but they’re really four dimensional, stepping through time and from beyond death to explain and illuminate. When I finished reading I felt cheated at first of a grand Hollywood reveal of the interconnectedness of the characters’ lives, but of course in a way that’s the point: our stories ARE connected, whether we’re aware of it or not. 

The audiobook was lovely (with the bonus that I heard Spanish names and phrases pronounced correctly, and not muddled by my ignorance.) It took me a moment to attune my ear to the moments when the “ghosts” began to speak to one another, and not just to the reader. 

A personal note: the details of a murder which is a central event in the story made me hesitate before recommending this to some readers.