I enjoyed reading this - the plot kept me going and the writing was creative and funny. But it seemed to suffer from a dual identity. Sometimes it was over the top - the unrealistic Wisconsin accents, the police, the support group people, Libby. They seemed more like caricatures, purposely. (view spoiler)[And her time in the institution seems not representative and pretty problematic. (hide spoiler)]But then there were other times where it was a pretty honest look at grief, like when Kippy is handling the memorial service, and when she reads the diary and deals with Ruth's comments about her.