Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty

When I first started reading this book there was no way I was going to give it 5 stars. All it seemed to be was the story of a dysfunctional family and a stranger. I didn't like them. Didn't care about them. Even the strangers was, meh. And none of them seemed to be able to maintain a relationship. And most of the books I read are all about relationship. They interest me.

Fast forward a couple hundred pages and I started to get intrigued. Yes, started. Not bowled over.

By 300 pages, I was all in, couldn't wait to read the next chapter. I'm not really sure what changed. I guess the fact that the mother was missing didn't really bother me. But when it looked like she might have been murdered, it peeked my interest. Ok, maybe I'm shallow. Nothing like the possibility of a dead body to up the stakes.

This was my first Liane Moriarty book, but I don't think it will be my last. She's an astute storyteller with a really sense of what makes people tick. Even the fact that the timeline jumped around a bit didn't bother me because she did a great job of keeping the reader informed of exactly where they were.

In the end, the relationships made sense, which only goes to prove that you don't know what you don't know. I'm glad I stuck with it.