I don't know if I missed something, but I was just waiting for this book to make sense. In the way that I didn't understand what the intention was.

And maybe part of it is on me, because from the synopsis I thought these people were going to be snowed in together and confronting some hard truths. Instead, it was just a slow, meandering story and of course, their lives "started to unravel" (as per the synopsis), I felt like it didn't happen in any impactful way.

I normally enjoy slow books, but they need to have some intention behind them or something needs to be significant. The book deals with heavy themes, but it feels like it's all a bit obscured from view and I would love to get underneath the surface a bit more. Maybe I was just expecting a bigger emotional impact.

But still I just felt like this book didn't tackle anything new in a significant way, so it just kind of felt like I wasted my time, even though I genuinly enjoyed the reading experience. The prose was also really good, and I did get an emotional connection to most of the main characters (ifykyk).

I think this book would be a good fit for someone looking for more of a "cosy" book that deals with heavier themes. That is not to say that I think this book is cosy, but rather that it reminds me a bit of books that are labeled "cosy" in the narrative pace and structure.