Reviews - I Might Be in Trouble

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I Might Be in Trouble

Daniel Aleman

3.72 AVERAGE

lydiart's review

4.0

this was a super fun read and would make such an entertaining movie

fae_princess_in_space's review

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh my gosh I absolutely adored this one; it was just the perfect book that I needed right now; a blend of dark comedy, soul searching and growth. This wasn’t a happy book, by any stretch of the imagination, but oh boy did I come out of it feeling like I’d had a cathartic experience.

Struggling writer David Alvarez is horrified when he wakes up next to a dead man after a one night stand, who he may or may not have accidentally murdered. His life has been a series of disappointments up until this point, but it’s now turned into a nightmare. Turning to his only friend, his literary agent Stacey, they concoct a scheme to hide the body; but it turns out that the dead man was hiding secrets and David can’t help feeling suffocated as the walls start closing in on him.

This book is a surreal mix of ‘Weekend At Bernie’s’ and an Alan Hollinghurst novel. It explores David’s personal life; his trauma and anxiety around writing, his childhood struggles with his sexuality, the breakdown of his relationships, both romantic and familial, and his eventual spiral to rock bottom. It also features carting a dead man across NYC in a Red Sox cap, accompanied by the worlds most loyal (and homicidal?!) agent. I loved this absolutely absurd mix; a lot of suspense of disbelief is required, but honestly, I loved it!

Read I Might Be In Trouble for:

✨ Dark comedy

✨ So much soul searching

✨ A writer at his wits end

✨ A surprise dead body

✨ Exploring trauma, grief and depression

✨ Ride or die literary agent

✨ It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s publishing, baby!

Thank you to Orion for an eARC of this book via NetGalley! It’s out in the USA already and is available in the UK on 10th July 2025 ✨

slackerman2's review

4.0

funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

tcweeks24's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

schymek's review

3.0

It makes you wonder, doesn’t it? How much an author chooses the story they want to tell, and how much the story chooses them

Fine. A bit whiney. The premise needs a lot of suspension of disbelief (why WOULDN'T u call an ambulance if ur hookup had died during sleep???).

oceanofnight's review

5.0

dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was instantly intrigued by the premise of I Might Be In Trouble, and it's promise that it was perfect for fans of Yellowface, which I very much am.

Well, it did this not disappoint and I absolutely loved it. I think it might just be one of my books of the year!

David's life has withered away - he was a new and exciting author with a run away success debut novel, he was living in a gorgeous apartment with the man of his dreams and his future looked bright.

Then his second novel flopped. His relationship broke down and now he's lonely, melancholy and living in a grotty studio, with credit card debt up to his eyeballs, and a severe case of writers block.

Trying desperately to plug the gap, escape all his problems and feel something, he has a destructive predilection to online dating apps. And destructive it is when he wakes to find one of his matches dead in his bed after a whirlwind night on the tiles. He thought things were bad before!

In shock and slightly the worse for wear after copious amounts of champagne, he calls his literary agent Stacey because he can trust her, right? Well ... as it turns out, that's a matter of opinion!

I couldn't put it down as we lurch through New York with David and Stacey from one calamity to another - stiffening corpse in tow. Just about everything that can go wrong, goes wrong. David just can't catch a break! Still, that writers block might just have lifted! I laughed and I cringed and I wanted to just give him a massive hug.

The insight into the publishing world and the life of a writer was fascinating, as was the look at families and friendships and inner criticism.

It's very very funny and delightfully witty but also poignant and relatable, and a little bitter sweet.

I honestly can not praise it enough! I Might Be In Trouble deserves nothing less than 5 solid gold stars!