I cannot believe that this book has received such high reviews. I cannot believe that I was able to finish this book...Without giving anything away, I believe the storyline was appalling and I couldn't believe what truly happened at the end. I was deeply disturbed and it upset me greatly.I had heard good things about this author, and maybe it's just because I don't tend to read this type of novel, but I was expecting something completely different. I won't be reading any future novels by this author.