Reviews - What Have You Done?: A Novel

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What Have You Done?: A Novel

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3.64 AVERAGE

aubreymidd's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sarubrown's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ammh's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

corix's review against another edition

3.0

challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cassiehelfer's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Very solid thriller.

I liked:
- Good creepy small town atmosphere. Everyone knows everyone and everyone is a suspect. Kind of like a game of clue where it’s a closed off pool of suspects.
- Lots of bad guys which was unfortunately realistic.

Didn’t like:
- I knew the ending from very early on. Something about the structure of the perspectives made it super obvious.
- The ghost thing seemed kinda unsure what to be- it was on the periphery but never really declared itself?
- The fiance just seemed like a conglomerated caricature of southern traditional women

Overall I enjoyed the vibes and mystery but nothing groundbreaking.