Reading this started as something of an accident. I had an e-galley of it saved on my phone and I read the first few pages while I was waiting around in line. And then I read a few more pages the next day and so on and so forth until I looked down and noticed I had read 41%. "Well, then. I guess I'm reading this," I thought to myself. Eleanor Flood, the main character with so many good intentions to make today different, is neither likable nor cruel. She's mostly a mess and like her son, Timby, says, "Mom, that's just how you are." (Timby, it should be noted, is my new favorite child character from an adult novel.) The experience of reading this is not entirely cohesive, despite the fact that the plot takes place over the course of one day. I could be surprised and thrilled one chapter and deeply annoyed the next. If you enjoyed Where'd You Go, Bernadette, this one is worth checking out.