The first half of this or so I legitimately enjoyed for all of its goofiness. It was fun to read Stephanie's point of view. I'm not a mom, but I got Stephanie - even though she was admittedly very hard to like. But when we got the side of the story from the other characters, it ruined the fun for me. The "big twist" felt too much like a Gone Girl rip off - complete with point of view switch and explanation from Emily about how she faked her own death. But the whole scheme she cooked up kind of made no sense. I could have bought the convoluted plan, but the over explanation from Emily was too much. She's just so evil, she doesn't even feel like a person but an evil cartoon. Leaving a little bit of a mystery would have helped Emily's character a lot. Sean also just felt like a dim witted cartoon, playing the gullible husband. I could have done without his inner thoughts as well. So I would have enjoyed the exact same story much much more if we only got it from Stephanie's point of view.