Flawed characters who in their realness are intensely likable, I was rooting for these sisters the entire time and felt very invested in their lives. The portrayal of intergenerational trauma and addiction traveling through families was convincing. Even characters like the parents who weren't given a focus chapter were nuanced and human. Beautiful writing presenting a multifaceted lens on sisterhood.

This portrayal of a marriage is art--tender, fraught, full of empathy and strangeness. Beautiful prose and an expert narrator guides and manipulates how we understand Mathilde and Lotto, and ultimately, how we can never know one another fully. Truly one of my favorite books.