3.75/5

What I liked
- a haunting exploration of motherhood
- themes of survival and forgiveness
- I think the author did a good job with handling domestic violence issues with care, but please note there are quite triggering scenes

What didn’t quite work for me
- the story sits a bit awkwardly between lit fic and suspense. The writing and character development is sometimes awkward, and the twist is quite easy to guess. I think this could be a good book to start for genre fiction readers who want to try out lit fic
- the last 10% is tied up too neatly and I feel did a disservice of all the build up in the book