This was an interesting book. 
 It was very well written. I was continuously surprised and pleased that with the very sketchy/dark content that this book deals with, Diane Setterfield kept the writing above reproach so to speak. She did a masterful job of giving enough to make her point but leaving the rest to the imagination. She didn't feel the need to sketch out every dark corner with the promiscuity of words as I would have expected from many current authors. I appreciated that immensely and wish I liked the story more for the sake of the writing. 
 The story was very intriguing and had many twists and turns and, as mentioned above, was very well written but the fact is, this book had something that made me almost feel relieved when I was done reading it. Almost like I was glad to be done and I could now set the book down and walk away from it. I can't put my finger on it but that is never a good way to end a book. That is the main reason for the three star review instead of a much higher rating. I enjoyed the book enough but I would not read it again and I would not recommend it to anyone else. 
 Jill Tanner and Bianca Amato did an amazing job with the narration and I was lost to them for the majority of the book.