Hugging my neighbors…

Shortest Summary Ever: There’s a group of neighbors on Long Island. A queen bee named Rhea. A giant sink hole. A child falls in. And the neighbors lose their minds.

Thoughts: Half way it’s becoming like a what if… what if you were literally in a world of THE world’s worst neighbors, in a neighborhood that’s literally and figuratively being swallowed by blackness and depravity. It’s almost a warning call of epically deranged proportions to helicopter parents today and how they’re so convinced that everything “out there” is damaging their kids when the truth is they’re the ones who are truly purveyors of destruction . The kids are starting to remind me of characters from Lord of the flies – some of them are just plain cruel and evil while others just want to survive. Then you meet their parents and you understand all about rotten apples falling from evil trees.

I’ve had Neighbor problems – some loud music… some annoying peccadillos. I’d like to go back now and hug each of those neighbors and buy them all a beer.

Genre: Contemporary Fiction/

Recommend to: It’s different and weird – lots of metaphors, a bit more thinking-high-brow than a traditional quick mystery.

Not recommended to: if you’re not in the mood for a dark novel

Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Atria Books for my advanced copy in exchange for my always-honest review and for making my neighbors look like biblical angels.