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More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

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carolineeckels's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

copascribe's review against another edition

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4.0

There's a lot to unpack with this one... Identity, motherhood, womanhood, being a parent, true crime, and society's fascination with it...

The story is told on duel timelines from two flawed characters that are sometimes hard to like and other times felt very relatable. Cassie is ambitious and wants to write a book about a murder from the 80s where a man killed his wife's husband. And then there's Dolores, who destroyed her family and whose husband is in prison for killing her other husband. But as Cassie learns more about Dolores, she sees a different story, one of love, lies, and cover-ups.

I didn't have high hopes for this one since it was nominated for a good reads award, and those are mostly misses for me. But I really enjoyed reading More Than You'll Ever Know and recommend it to anyone who likes a good, slow-paced mystery.

4 stars because I felt like there was a little plot belly happening, could've used some editing to make it a bit shorter.

tnh1313's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

cde10's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

shereadsmut's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed this book and following the double life of Lore. I cannot imagine keeping up a double life for this long, it was simply amazing. Cassie kind of fell flat for me, the book ending also fell flat for me, I wanted something big to happen and it just sort of ended.

khandle3's review

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i enjoyed the texas setting and lore’s pov! cassie sort of seemed like a nonessential character, and the framing as a true crime piece seemed contrived (the relationship with duke seemed incredibly unnecessary) rather than helpful … cutting cassie and adding more lore (and the family(ies)) would have been more compelling because the former was just a boring plot device