Truly Madly Guilty

Holy cow did this author make a meal of getting to point! The story begins with a hint that something dramatic took place at a barbecue and that this event had deeply impacted the lives of all those who had attended in very painful and solemn ways.

Flash backs from that particular event to the present occur throughout story providing teasing glimpses of how each individual had been personally transformed. What actually took place at the barbecue, however, is not revealed until chapter 47. And at this point, one of the characters - who cannot recall an important detail of what happened on that day- remembers all on chapter 78. 

The characters are very much believable, and the storyline is extremely interesting, but the road to get to the meat of the story was long and winding - almost causing me to cheat and look for spoilers on more than one occasion!

What kept me going was how the story unfolded through the point of views of each individual character. Because they are so realistic and believable, one gets invested in their journey. A solid read overall that could've done without a bit of the past-to-present ping pong.