At first, I loved the book; I thought, "It really is a new Pat Conroy. Then when it got nearer the end, I didn't like it as much. I can't comment much without giving the plot away.
Vanessa's problem had to involve someone else and that was never clarified. Then she talked about marriage: It "isn't always about love. " True for some; but a bleak picture. Perhaps that was the intent. And it may have been used do indicate that the "fortunate ones" aren't always as fortunate as they look from the outside. (But I already knew that from my own
observations.) "The other problem of Arthur's seemed just a little much to me. It felt throw in just to be "contemporary". Other than that, a good read.