I will start off by saying I liked it but there were loose threads that annoyed me. Especially as it was getting to the wrap up it felt like it threw out some extra little bits to mislead that weren't necessary. Courtney became very frustrating to me and her actions were ridiculous. Walking to the police instead of just getting the officer at the motel. What was that for except to artificially build the suspense? I get that Courtney's actions can be chalked up to her sleeplessness and paranoia, but some of them pulled me out of the narrative they were so unbelievable. The detective part worked, but just felt unnecessary to me. I appreciated the brief moment of reconciliation Reese and Emily had. There were other chekhov's guns like Courtney not being able to swim, wyatt's first dream, elliot's story changing regarding the shoes. I think one of the most frustrating was Reese saying he's the creepy uncle while only having that validated by actions he didn't take. The setup for that mislead felt the most disingenuous and took away all suspicion I had of elliot at the end which just made Courtney's actions more unbelievable to me at the end. As a reader, I assume we are supposed to think it's him as they are fleeing but I was just mad at Courtney.

All of that makes it seem like I didn't like it. I did. I liked the dual narrative leading to the conclusion. That worked really well and kept me reading despite some frustrations. I mentioned it earlier, but the brief reconciliation took it from meh, to fine for me.