This opens with heartbreak, and then counts the time down to the event, and away from it.
You see how the situation occurred, and hoe you go about recovering from it.
If it doesn't leave you feeling a little emotional, there might be something wrong.
Beautifully written, with sensitive subjects handled very well.very very good.

This was a hauntingly tragic read, about how life goes on after unbearable loss. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book, but I really enjoyed the author’s style of writing. It’s written really sensitively and carefully around the difficult topics that the book covers. It was a great read.

A stunning novel which picks over the shattered remains of a young family after the split second action of Tom, husband of Rachel and father to their two children.
Told through two timelines, before and after, it's an unflinching account of mental illness and the lack of obvious signs when medication is, or isn't, being taken, as well as identifying when someone is close to breaking point.
The writing is lyrical and beautiful. I would love to share the passage where Rachel details what she has lost, but to do so would be a major spoiler.
A must read.

This is a must read and I am sure it going to be a book of the year for many.

It is an insight into a wife whose husband has done the unforgivable and how she copes through the trauma.

Mental illness is covered and the author has written a sensitive and enotional tale of how people cope through grief and unstability. How people manage when someone is at rock bottom and do they rise to the top after such a tragedy in their lives.

It's brilliant

This is a beautiful and visceral read. I tore through this emotional account of the after effects of a tragic incident. It's been written with such sensitivity and the characters are sharply drawn. I couldn't put this down and read it in a day. By the end I felt like the characters were entirely real. This is an exceptional piece of writing.

At the beginning of the story, I was stunned by the events on the page and wondered how painful this would be to read and whether it would be too much for me. However, there was something redemptive and beautiful about the book. It was heartbreaking in places but also had moments of hope and warmth that balanced this out.

I thought that the exploration of grief and mental illness was done in a realistic and credible way.

This is already destined to be one of the best books of 2025. Five stars aren't enough. This is an author who I'd gladly read more from.