I read it this year and even though I flew through it (like I do with most of what I read), I just didn't feel emotionally moved. And that is something that I crave when I read.

It was a 'yeah sure whatever' feeling. Evelyn wasn't all that, and the hype about her and around her did not reconcile with what we saw/ read (which I didn't care for tbh). As for Monique, she wasn't fleshed out enough. So there wasn't much to keep me invested.

This book is hyped up to be a literary masterpiece of sorts but it's really very light and as you rightly say, a 'beach read'.