Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I do not...do not understand the five star reviews. I pre-ordered this book because I really enjoyed Lapena's debut novel "The Couple Next Door" and actually have a hard time believing the same person wrote both books. This book is pedestrian beyond belief. Sentences like "Tom felt sad" or "Karen was nervous" read like an adult version of "Dick and Jane." There were sentences just that short and I don't believe that I have ever read adult fiction that was this juvenile sounding. After reading books like "Gone Girl," "The Girl on the Train," "Behind Closed Doors" and other thrillers that were not only compelling plot-wise but well-written, this book was just plain terrible. I don't care that none of the characters were likable (that's not a prerequisite for me) but they were so intrinsically uninteresting and boring that I had to finish the book by breezing through the short sentences to get to the end. If it's not clear by now that I hated this book, I'll say it right now. I hated this book. Lisa is annoyed. The End.