Just a gist: A man comes back home from work to find his wife missing..
Although the story sounds so simple, it is actually one hell of a convoluted tale! Don't let the title and the cover design of the book fool you.. Consider this a warning!!
Yup, it's true that the story involves unreliable characters.. Yes, you heard it right.. More than one unreliable characters. In fact, the male and female protagonists, the husband and wife, i.e. Nick and Amy are the most attention-seeking, stubborn, and emotionally taxing characters I've ever read! They demand that they be read all the time!!
While reading this book, the narratives do remind me of another book i.e. One Day by David Nicholls due to the switching point-of-views between Nick and Amy. Apart from this, Nick's narrative does feel to me like a coming-of-age tale of a husband. Over all, if you ask me whether I'm Team Amy or Team Nick, I would choose Team Nick anytime! 'Cos Nick's narrative is more relatable to me.
Besides that, there is one part of the book that reminds me of a post-apocalyptic book i.e the Passage by Justin Cronin. At one point of the story, Nick and a couple of volunteers ('cos it happens in a small town) are required to venture into an abandoned shopping mall to find his missing wife. The sightings of some deserters living in the dark within the mall do invoke certain tone that resembles the Passage, in my opinion.
I like the second part more as we, the readers are usually kept in the dark in the first part to keep the suspense going as well as to let us understand the characters more. Over all, it is a great book! Totally recommended!
