Reviews

I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel by Rebecca Makkai

rcleister's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

smikuska's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

michaelwinstonclark's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Page turner

tiffany_k's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed and appreciated this book so I was a little confused why the rating is lower than I expected. This book does cover a lot of hard topics, murder, criminal justice, cancel culture and maybe it touches on too many things without enough closure. But I would still recommend this book. I read and listened to it, and found it to be a quick read, finishing in one week. 

heatherldstorm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

jmb1951's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

4.0

It's a bit confusing at times

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

morathornton's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

emiller1018's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

emtran's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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? No

2.75

bookwyrm76's review against another edition

4.0

Excellently written, but go in knowing that it will be disturbing. As someone who generally takes trigger warnings of sexual assault, depression, and/or suicide fairly lightly, this book affected me so strongly that I had to set it aside at the half way point. It affected my mental state to the point that I needed the break to reset myself and after a week, I still ended up skipping a huge section of the book and reading just the last 100 pages and deciding that I was ok not going back for pages 400 to 650 or so.
Again, incredible writing and a novel that explores how our pasts shape our present, how we change as we age from teens to adults, and how the world changes too.
I know this one will stay with me for a long time. It will probably float in and out of my mind as I hear news stories or overhear comments about how it used to be.