** spoiler alert ** 
 I wonder what kind of relationship Niffenegger has with her sister/s - if in fact she has any, after reading The 3 Incestuous Sisters and now this - she certainly has a challenging and different viewpoint re sibling relationships. 
 This was an Ok read, I was reasonably captivated and did finish, but mainly because I kept waiting for something to happen, and nothing really did. None of the characters were particularly likeable - I thought the sisters might have been quirky and impressive with their obviously eclectic tastes for fashion and their interesting appearance but instead they were drab, lifeless and had very little personality. The most interesting character was Martin but even then, at times his OCD read as a bit of trivialized tidbit pushed in to make the middle of the novel more interesting - but then to what purpose? He mourns the loss of his wife who leaves him because he won't address his issues but then five minutes after meeting Julia he allows her to "trick"him into taking pills (without his consent...wtf), then disappears back to Marijke at the end...? Valentina too was so desperate to leave Julia to the point of going to the extreme she does, but then just can't grow a backbone and tell Julia to back off??! Her relationship with Robert also felt forced, as if it was merely a plot point to build up to the inevitable and I am sad to say predictable ending. Overall I guess I am a bit disappointed. TTW is one of my all time favourite books so maybe I had higher expectations of this than I might have of other books, but I have to say this pales in comparison. There were some promising moments but like others have said, "the big reveal" is almost a non-reveal given some of the clues dropped (rather clumsily) earlier on and is not enough to make this novel more than simply mediocre. TTW was clever in a heartclenching emotional-pull stay-with-you-forever way, but this felt like the author had tried to be clever - picking the ghost storyline, the twins thing, the OCD, the cemetery backdrop (that just didnt work for me, atmosphere wise) - simply too much and nothing with enough punch. 2 stars = it was OK seems to sum it up for me.