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magicacat's review
4.0
How much can you really know someone? How much can you ever really trust them?
An enjoyably twisty story that explores just those questions.
An enjoyably twisty story that explores just those questions.
dearkatie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I loved the tv show but this was far better, and different
wenjoy's review
3.0
I enjoyed this book much more than I expected to, which is always a good thing. I suppose it made me think about some of my own choices in life, and for me, any book that makes you question yourself is a good book.
gailm's review against another edition
2.0
Not my cup of tea. It took about 250 pages before I could get into it.
cathiedalziel's review
4.0
This was pretty good, aside from the fact that the Main Character really bugged me; call it a personality clash between her and me. However the writing and storyline are good, and I don't need to love a character in order to be able to say that a book is a good read.
It did stop me from giving it a 5 star review though...hmmm.
The Main Character, Grace, is a therapist who has just written a book entitled "You Should Have Known", which tells people that they should have seen it coming, that their marriage/relationships were doomed from the start because we overlook the obvious for the chance of love. The things that we don't question, the traits in our partners we decide to ignore at the beginning of a relationships are the very same things that will cause the downfall of the relationship.
Karma is a bitch, when Grace discovers the very same can be said of her own marriage. The stories/ history she didn't check out when she first fell in love with her husband comes to bite her on her pompous ass as her life and marriage begin to unravel at an alarming rate.
It's a good read. What are you overlooking?
It did stop me from giving it a 5 star review though...hmmm.
Spoiler
What is up with Grace and her hangups about people's necks and throats??? And why was she so disengaged in her husband's life that she didn't know or remember when he was suppose to be home from a conference, etc.)The Main Character, Grace, is a therapist who has just written a book entitled "You Should Have Known", which tells people that they should have seen it coming, that their marriage/relationships were doomed from the start because we overlook the obvious for the chance of love. The things that we don't question, the traits in our partners we decide to ignore at the beginning of a relationships are the very same things that will cause the downfall of the relationship.
Karma is a bitch, when Grace discovers the very same can be said of her own marriage. The stories/ history she didn't check out when she first fell in love with her husband comes to bite her on her pompous ass as her life and marriage begin to unravel at an alarming rate.
It's a good read. What are you overlooking?
erincataldi's review
4.0
Wow - once I started this book it was hard to put down - it was suspenseful and thrilling in ways I didn't know a book could be. It was emotional not visceral terror that kept the pages turning. Set in New York City this book centers on a therapist named Grace whose book "You Should Have Known" is about to be published. Grace is happily married to a pediatric oncologist and has a 12 year old son at one of the best private schools money can buy. Day after day she listens to patients on her couch lament about their spouse or significant others failings when subconsciously KNEW what their faults were when they first met them. They don't need kindness they need tough love and honesty. When a parent at her son's private school is found brutally murdered her perfectly manicured world starts to fall apart. Gripping, emotional, and unique.
judithdcollins's review
3.0
Listened to the audiobook YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, by Jean Hanff Koreltz, narrated by Christina Delaine involving a relationship and marriage therapist, Grace. Grace also is on the verge of being published, a novel, “You Should Have Known”, offering advice to women, urging them not to ignore the signs regarding men they are with or plan on spending their lives with. Grace is unlikable, a snob, and thinks she is much better than her current patients.
Her husband, Jonathan is rather supportive with a thriving pediatric oncologist practice, with seventeen years of marriage, and has a twelve year old son, Henry which is bright, attending a prestigious private school. Sounds like a perfect life, right? Living in a New York apartment where Grace grew up, their lives are content and balanced until a tragedy occurs, which changes everything.
Then there's a death--a woman we really don't know, or have any idea how she is connected to this family. In addition, Jonathan, Grace's husband disappears. With officer's knocking at the door, Grace finally takes a hard, long look in the mirror and sees she knows nothing, or what she should have known.
Jonathan is supposedly away at a conference in Cleveland...or is he? Does he have a connection to the murdered woman? When was the last time Grace has spoken to Jonathan?
Karma comes around to haunt Grace, questioning the perfection of her happy marriage, stunning home, (city and country homes), career, great kid, and perfect life—the scandal which can tear apart this illusion of a life.
One woman’s examination of her life, memories, shame, fear, humiliation and horror of admitting her failures. As she tries to uncover the truth of her husband, the friends are now gone as she is left to find answers to her life of ruin and disaster—can she rise above the wreckage and reinvent herself?
A good set up; however, would have preferred more of a suspense, versus all the fluff of what it is to live in a pretentious and perfect world. Will have to concur with a number of the other reviewers ----could have been a great novel; however, all the background information, took priority over the part which should, or could have been an excellent psychological thriller—A little of a disconnect.
http://judithdcollins.booklikes.com/post/874908/youshouldhaveknown
Her husband, Jonathan is rather supportive with a thriving pediatric oncologist practice, with seventeen years of marriage, and has a twelve year old son, Henry which is bright, attending a prestigious private school. Sounds like a perfect life, right? Living in a New York apartment where Grace grew up, their lives are content and balanced until a tragedy occurs, which changes everything.
Then there's a death--a woman we really don't know, or have any idea how she is connected to this family. In addition, Jonathan, Grace's husband disappears. With officer's knocking at the door, Grace finally takes a hard, long look in the mirror and sees she knows nothing, or what she should have known.
Jonathan is supposedly away at a conference in Cleveland...or is he? Does he have a connection to the murdered woman? When was the last time Grace has spoken to Jonathan?
Karma comes around to haunt Grace, questioning the perfection of her happy marriage, stunning home, (city and country homes), career, great kid, and perfect life—the scandal which can tear apart this illusion of a life.
One woman’s examination of her life, memories, shame, fear, humiliation and horror of admitting her failures. As she tries to uncover the truth of her husband, the friends are now gone as she is left to find answers to her life of ruin and disaster—can she rise above the wreckage and reinvent herself?
A good set up; however, would have preferred more of a suspense, versus all the fluff of what it is to live in a pretentious and perfect world. Will have to concur with a number of the other reviewers ----could have been a great novel; however, all the background information, took priority over the part which should, or could have been an excellent psychological thriller—A little of a disconnect.
http://judithdcollins.booklikes.com/post/874908/youshouldhaveknown