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So, first off #FirstWorldProblems — but once I got past that I really fell for the quiet heartbreak of this story. Helen & Tom are making the best of their professional/financial lives at the start of the recession, w/ twin daughters under 4yo. The chapters alternate b/t them over 24 hrs. I enjoyed the introspection the time with each allowed, to focus on familiar mundane moments/insecurities struggling at work/commuting/prioritizing family.

Enjoying this one. Also love the mention of my alma mater!

Before I went to college I‘d tell people where I was going many would look at me with a funny look, and in college to present I‘d pick up several books per year with mentions of RISD. Perhaps a result of the frequency illusion (Baader-Meinhof phenomenon). 🧐

Just finishing this read, while looking out of my window to my own autumn-colored suburb. 🌰🍂🍁 I love the ending; it‘s full of possibility and hope, and forgiveness, in some way.

I got sucked in right away with this couple and there daughters. I have read reviews that the ending is a disappointment. Not sure how I feel about that.

A pick? A so-so? I did enjoy it. I liked the style and structure with alternating viewpoints from Helen and Tom at different times over the course of one day. While Helen and Tom become increasingly frustrating people to read about, it was good reading to see how they were falling apart. However it is the Gone Girl style ending that takes away from the full impact of this story. I remember seeing the film and watching people filing silently out.

I started this one during lunch today. Anyone else read it? Is it going to be one where the people involved make me want to throw the book into a wall? It seems like it might be? 😬😊

There are times where I think I'm a Mr.Smartypants and I'm reading the end of a Blake Crouch book and I think, "He's written himself into a corner." ?Then he pulls a rabbit out of his hat.?I appreciate the genius it takes to do that. I'm so upset with Ms. Kitses and her open ending. I liked this tale of good people making bad choices but that ending felt like someone who couldn't do magic. And still ..... a pick. A very reluctant one.

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley. This is a perfectly fine book that passes the time just fine. The writing is good, the plot is strong, the characters are horrible in a likable way even when you want to punch them in the face. I liked the concept of parallel stories about secrets and lies taking place over a single day and told from alternating POV but the ending stunk. Cliffhangers have their place. This was not one of them.

I wish there was an option between pick and so-so. That's where I'd put Small Hours by Jennifer Kitses. I liked the hour by hour telling of this story of secrets between a husband and wife. Over the course of a single day their secrets threaten to topple their marriage. Good, a little short of great. http://www.novelvisits.com/small-hours-jennifer-kitses-review/

I thought I'd read just the first page or so this contemporary story of a 40-something, struggling middle-class couple and their twin toddler girls. First chapter drew me in. It's an alternating viewpoint story. I've just read him; now for her.

Had a great build-up with alternating perspectives for 24 hours, but the ending really spoiled it for me...#Disappointing