Something in the Water

The first chapter was good I guess, because it made me want to find out what happened to the husband even though it was clear from the jump I was not going to enjoy this book. Why does every popular and well rated thriller have the most insufferable characters? At least this protagonist wasn't an unreliable drunk. (Are we FINALLY done with that trope? fingers crossed) I had to skim large paragraphs in the beginning, which I almost never do. MULTIPLE chapters entirely devoted to wedding minutiae?! (Unrelated to the plot mind you.) In fact, this book would have been significantly more believable if the couple had been married for a while instead of newlyweds.

If you skip ahead to the part where there's “something in the water” it starts to get interesting. I wouldn't go so far as to say I became invested, but there was some mild face-flushing, on the verge of becoming pulse-quickening, writing. The ending was unfortunately not a surprise, nor an interesting twist. There were certain aspects that I liked, but ultimately it's always frustrating and unsatisfying when a book ends with the sentiments “I guess we'll never know why that happened.” sigh Maybe I'm expecting too much from this genre?