I had some trouble getting started with this book. Part of that is less about the book and more about me. I'm from Greenwich, the town Matson based Stanwich off of, so I found it a little distracting/disorienting to read about my town, without actually reading about it. 
 Once I got into the book though, I tore through it. 
 On a final note, I was plesantly surprised to see that all of the characters' fathers made it through the book intact.