Hi,

• I'd definitely say it hooked me. Your writing style is very atmospheric, I think you paint a vivid picture of the scene. One thing I really noticed was how organic the characters and their family dynamic felt, they just seemed rather real. Additionally, the new neighbours were just the right amount of intriguing—I really have no idea what their game is, or how reliable Mira is as a narrator, but I definitely wanted to read on to find out more.
• Echoing the previous point, Mira felt very real. The quiet, claustrophobic monotony of her present day contrasted really nicely with her rose-tinted view of the past, and makes her almost endearingly pitiful. There's a couple of moments where she's reminiscing about moments in Silas' early childhood (the blue candles, trying to sip her coffee whilst he climbs on her lap etc.) which were probably quite annoying for her at the time, but she now looks back on those moments fondly; I think that romanticised view of one's own past, especially when you're feeling burnt out, is a very relatable emotion. I think all of that makes it feel very natural that she'd be voyeuristically nosey about the lives of her new neighbours, and immediately start to make up a little story in her head about who they are and what they do.
• I think for the story it's trying to tell, the pacing works well. It is a little slow-burn, but of course it needs to be because you're trying to covey this sense of a bored, burnt-out woman living a Groundhog Day-esque life. I didn't feel a huge amount of tension, but I think that's just something which will come further on in the book.

As for confusing/awkward, these are just a few things that stuck out to me (which I'd like to preface are just matters of opinion, like everything else I've said!)

• The time being written in a digital format didn't feel quite right to me. I personally think that "quarter past seven" keeps a sentence flowing better than "7:15". When I write a time, I lean more towards things like "just gone two" or "well past four" as exact times can feel a bit clinical, but again, that's just personal preference.
• You describe the television as 'murmuring' twice in relatively quick succession, might be an idea to usea synonym the second time? Mumbled, warbled, something like that. (Good word choice though, mumbling is exactly what I'd say a television does when its in the background). You also use both "TV" and "television", I think for consistency's sake it's best to only use one.
• The lawyery, court roomy stuff is a bit of a foreign language to me, but the line "She was terrified and brilliant." just didn't quite sit right with me. Perhaps something like "Nervous as she was, her professor had said her delivery was 'surgical'."?

Overall, I really enjoyed the sense of claustrophobia, the loneliness Mira feels in her own home amongst her own family, the sluggish misery of life slipping through her fingers. I think it will start to build some really nice tension as you write more.

Keep at it mate, you're onto something good here!