The story held my interest and the way in which the story was told from three different characters' points of view worked fairly well, I think (especially since one is a self-described liar, so I couldn't help but be somewhat suspicious of her account of things). I just didn't find the writing itself all that compelling. I really enjoyed Truth and Beauty and thought the writing to be quite good in that book, but this one just kind of fell flat for me. I didn't feel as much a part of the world of the novel as I would have liked. None of the settings really pulled me in, even though setting, I thought, played an important role in the story. 
 Also, I found the birth of the twins to be a little unrealistic. As I understand, when they're born without pressure from doctors, the second twin doesn't often come quite so soon after the first as it did in this novel. The progression of the mom's labor was also a little unrealistic, I thought (labor was long enough for a first-time mom, just a little too formulaic). Small point, though. I'm just picky about birth scenes in literature. 
 I realize that this sounds like a bad review, and I don't mean it to. I enjoyed the book, I just think I expected more from it than it delivered. So to speak.