Sutton and Ethan Montclair seem to be living the perfect life. Both are attractive and successful authors with the ideal marriage. But when Sutton disappears and leaves a note for Ethan telling him not to look for her, this perception is shattered. As Ethan is targeted by gossip from friends and the media, everyone has their suspicions of what really happened and everyone starts to wonder what is the truth behind the couple’s life. Did Sutton leave an abusive spouse? Or did something more shocking occur?
I thought the first half of this book was great. The story is told from both Sutton and Ethan’s points of view – the first half of the book is narrated by Ethan, the second half by Sutton. I enjoyed Ethan’s part of the book more than Sutton’s, mainly because the plot just kept building and building with more shocks and surprises. When we got to Sutton’s part of the book, it seemed like everything just sort of fell apart and I didn’t find her as interesting as Ethan. I also thought there were some obvious clues as to what really happened. I didn’t figure out all the plot twists, but I had some hunches.
Ethan is a complicated character. There were times when I felt sympathy for him and there were times that I felt he was the most manipulative man on the planet. I didn’t have as much compassion for Sutton and I wasn’t really invested in her side of the story. Although neither Ethan nor Sutton is a reliable narrator so, at the end of the book, I still felt like I don’t know what happened.
The more I think about this book, I’m not sure if I liked it as much as I thought. Honestly, this book reminded me a lot of Gone Girl, which I found to be a bit disappointing. I can’t help to compare the two books together and there were just too many similarities.
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