The Girl Before: Your life is complicated, time to go minimalist

The Girl Before is one of those CostCo impulse purchases that you are excited about and then are let down by. I could have absolutely skipped it, but enjoyed overall. Turned out to be a 'good-not-great' read. I don't regret reading it but I regret buying it and could have borrowed it from a library if at all. The Girl Before (JP Delaney) 352 pages Ballantine Books ISBN-10: 0425285049 ISBN-13: 978-0425285046 If you already know the plot, skip to 'The Gimmick' below for additional thoughts. JP Delaney's story revolves around a couple of women (not girls) who both lived in the same apartment. Their worlds are intertwined not just because of the rooms they ate and slept in, they also loved the same man. Jane moves in after a horrible miscarriage rips her world apart. Emma, the prior renter, arrived after a burglary makes puts her on edge and forces her to evaluate her living arrangements. The apartment at One Folgate St is not a normal apartment. Owned and designed ...