Into the Water started strong, full of suspense, history, death.  I hung in there all through the middle, but close to the end, I can sense the anticlimactic ending closing in.  As much as I wanted to be proven wrong,  it simply didn't deliver.  And we all know... the ending is everything.  It can make or break an entire book.  I'm still fan of Paula Hawkins, will still read her next book, still adore her writing... but this book will be filed under mediocre, right alongside Girl on the Train. 

How I loved reading every page of this book and didn't want it to end.  I found myself getting attached to the characters like I haven't done with fictional characters in a long time.  Perhaps it's the Chinese immigrant in me, perhaps it's the mom in me, perhaps it's the outsider in me...  Long after the last page, I'm still rooting for the characters.