Reviews

What You Did by Claire McGowan

theeclecticreview's review against another edition

5.0

Twenty-five years of friendship and one night changes it all. Rape, lies, murder, fear, desperation...cover ups for the lives they wanted to keep.

I loved this book!  It is a very suspense-filled mystery between college friends told mostly in  Ali Morris' voice. Their lives change in one instant filled with lies, unfaithfulness and deception.  The buildup to Ali's realization of the facts is intense and eye-opening.  Her life is shattered and any normal human being would have been broken, but she garbles through the untruths and changes her life to save what's left of her family and friends.

I thought I had it all figured out and was blown away to find the truth at the end! Recommend highly.

Thank you to Claire McGowan and Damppebbles Blog Tours for giving me the opportunity to review this book with no expectation of a positive review.

mcintoshheidi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jodieclaes's review

3.0

A story about college friends with interesting plot points, current societal issues and uncertainty...then it fast forwards and loses the thrill and cohesiveness. I did not feel satisfied with the ending.

cosmoqueen's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sammygopal's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

2.75

torikate92's review against another edition

2.0

Couple first & last chapters were good, all that middle stuff was just a bunch of meh.

groovyjenni's review

2.0

I felt like this book tried to hard to make our narrator so gullible and unaware of her surroundings to believe the reality around her. The ending also fell flat for me.

bookph1le's review

3.0

I thought the pacing was good and the plot kept me turning pages, but I didn't find the ending entirely satisfying. I did like, though, how Ali, who at first appears to be such a feminist, abandons those ideals once she finds herself on the inside rather than on the outside looking in. I was glad the author let her be complicated and downright unlikable at times, and I liked that she didn't hold any punches about Ali's hypocrisy, while also making the reader understand why Ali acts the way she does. I found this a very realistic portrayal because human beings are really, really skilled at finding justifications for things to help smooth their misgivings away.

briannapaige30's review against another edition

3.0

A pretty good book.

itsdanielleines's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.25