A review by sksrenninger
You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.0

I felt like this character must be more like the author than the main character in Admission, because drawing her personality seemed more effortlessly authentic. I really appreciated and enjoyed how real-to-life Korelitz's description of New York is, and I found her depiction of the private lives of wealthy UES mothers to be realistic and very interesting, if admittedly self-centered and unrelatable. It was a little suspenseful without being scary, which I enjoyed. (I agree with other reviewers--it's not a thriller--but I wasn't expecting a thriller, so that was okay by me.) The ending seemed a little too tidily wrapped up, but sometimes it's nice to see that happen to a character you like. Also, I liked that she named her chapters--it makes it a little more interesting than "Chapter 21," etc, if also a little more cutesy.