Many thanks to NetGalley and Viking Penguin for gifting me a digital ARC of this novel by Elizabeth Day. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars!
Martin and Ben used to be best friends, but ever since Ben's 40th birthday party, they haven't spoken. Martin never quite fit into Ben's privileged world, but gets pulled back in when Ben's wife, Serena, invites him to the funeral of Fliss, Ben's sister.
This is a slower, character-driven novel, told from multiple POV, but it pulls you into a different world, one of entitlement and political privilege. It's apparently a sequel to The Party, which I didn't read, but there's plenty of information here and it works perfectly as a stand alone. It's hard to find too many likable characters here, but there's plenty of dark humor that kept me entertained from the first page. There's plenty of drama and secrets among all the political and human behavior themes, and I thought the ending was pitch perfect.
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