Leave the World Behind

In this book, a family is vacationing at an AirBnB in a remote part of Long Island when something terrible and mysterious happens. This has the build of a thriller but reads like contemporary fiction with subtle sci-fi. There are some really interesting character dynamics that provide commentary on race, class, and social mores in contemporary American society. I enjoyed it, and to some extent, enjoyed that the author doesn't spoon feed us all the answers; that's truer to the experience of disaster as it's happening. But the details aren't enough to be clear on the big picture, at least on the first read. Perhaps that's intentional but it did leave me wanting.