Here’s the thing, 90% of this book was one of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s incredibly and beautifully written, gripping, and thoughtful in its examinations of character, gender, and class. I thought it was a really beautiful portrait of how sexism affects women from all backgrounds, since it influenced every character from every POV and timeline, and was so dependent on status and class. However, the resolution of the mystery itself relied on tropes so thoughtless and sexist that it sort of went to undo any of the strong thematics. 

Overall, it was still an incredibly well-written book that I really enjoyed reading, but I despised the way the mystery resolved, and felt that it undid a lot of the book’s strong points.