Okay so I think this book is a stellar example of how lucky we are to have Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott. While I didn't dislike it, I could not help but think about how masterfully it would have come together if someone else (specifically Gillian Flynn's sense of voice and character) had been at the reigns. There are so few characters present in the narrative and even the few mentioned get very little time to make us care about them; especially those in "victim" roles. The most likable is arguably Rachel, who is a blackout drunk mess, but has the most personality. And she's treated like a pathetic, fat slob the entire book, so I felt very detached from most of the three narrators. 
 I also don't love the hell out of this book because I called the ending of this book so hard. I knew as soon as we knew about Rachel's blackouts whodunnit. And with all the drama hinging around that character to begin with, it felt a little like "Okay....so the twist is about to hit, right?" 
 So this book played it a little soft. 
 To be fair, by rating is based on how easy a read this was. It took one day. I watched the trailer yesterday morning for the movie, picked up the book, finished the book last night. I'm actually really intrigued to see how this plays cinematically. So totally worth my time.