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I Killed Zoe Spanos
by Kit Frick
This is terrific as an audio book (I’m not sure I would rate it as well as a paperback). The overall premise reminded me of Girl on the Train (Ana is a heavy drinker, blackouts frequently, struggles to know if her memories are real or not) but is a far better story imho.
In addition to a full cast (excellent performances all around), several chapters are podcast episodes (true crime podcast) complete with sound clips and recordings you’d expect to hear in a podcast.
The endings and wrap up almost knocked this down a star for me, but then I remembered how much I enjoyed and devoured the book until the resolutions at the very end. (Plus I tend to always be disappointment by resolutions unless I’m actually surprised). I looooved this for 85%
SUMMARY: Zoe Spanos has been missing for almost a year when her body is found and Ana admits to killing Zoe, saying it was an accident.
However, Ana’s confession doesn’t match the evidence. For example, she says Zoe fell off a balcony when they were dancing together, but there are no injuries to Zoe’s body. Plus, everyone in Zoe and Ana’s life insists the girls never knew each other/never met.
The story then flashes to a few weeks before the confession, the start of the summer, when Ana starts her job as a nanny in the Hampton’s (she’s from Brooklyn). A few people in town make comments such as “oh I thought you were someone else” and “wow you look like...” which leads Ana to learning about Zoe and her disappearance.
Ana also finds herself literally in Zoe’s shoes—Zoe was the previous nanny, Zoe’s longtime boyfriend lives next door, the girls she made friends with were Zoe’s, etc.
Slightly weirded out and very curious about her doppelgänger, Ana googles about Zoe, listens to a true crime podcast “missing Zoe” by Zoe’s friend Mariana, and more or less starts to investigate herself.
As the summer goes on, memories of being in the Hamptons start coming back to Ana, including specific memories about Zoe. Ana also Remembers/knows things about Zoe, which is impossible—they’ve never met right?
After verifying some of her memories/information recalled are correct—for example, her memory of Zoe’s indoor pool is spot-on and she knew Zoe’s favorite icecream flavor (chocolate popcorn), Ana starts to wonder if she knew Zoe after all.
Plus, Ana had been drinking and blacking out for the past year, including the day Zoe disappeared.. so it’s possible she knew her? Her blackouts could explain how she knows things...
Eventually Ana has the memory of Zoe falling and dying, which leads her to confess... only once she does, the police realize Ana could not have killed Zoe, so who did and how can you explain Ana’s memories? The answers are clever and surprising.
In addition to a full cast (excellent performances all around), several chapters are podcast episodes (true crime podcast) complete with sound clips and recordings you’d expect to hear in a podcast.
The endings and wrap up almost knocked this down a star for me, but then I remembered how much I enjoyed and devoured the book until the resolutions at the very end. (Plus I tend to always be disappointment by resolutions unless I’m actually surprised). I looooved this for 85%
SUMMARY: Zoe Spanos has been missing for almost a year when her body is found and Ana admits to killing Zoe, saying it was an accident.
However, Ana’s confession doesn’t match the evidence. For example, she says Zoe fell off a balcony when they were dancing together, but there are no injuries to Zoe’s body. Plus, everyone in Zoe and Ana’s life insists the girls never knew each other/never met.
The story then flashes to a few weeks before the confession, the start of the summer, when Ana starts her job as a nanny in the Hampton’s (she’s from Brooklyn). A few people in town make comments such as “oh I thought you were someone else” and “wow you look like...” which leads Ana to learning about Zoe and her disappearance.
Ana also finds herself literally in Zoe’s shoes—Zoe was the previous nanny, Zoe’s longtime boyfriend lives next door, the girls she made friends with were Zoe’s, etc.
Slightly weirded out and very curious about her doppelgänger, Ana googles about Zoe, listens to a true crime podcast “missing Zoe” by Zoe’s friend Mariana, and more or less starts to investigate herself.
As the summer goes on, memories of being in the Hamptons start coming back to Ana, including specific memories about Zoe. Ana also Remembers/knows things about Zoe, which is impossible—they’ve never met right?
After verifying some of her memories/information recalled are correct—for example, her memory of Zoe’s indoor pool is spot-on and she knew Zoe’s favorite icecream flavor (chocolate popcorn), Ana starts to wonder if she knew Zoe after all.
Plus, Ana had been drinking and blacking out for the past year, including the day Zoe disappeared.. so it’s possible she knew her? Her blackouts could explain how she knows things...
Eventually Ana has the memory of Zoe falling and dying, which leads her to confess... only once she does, the police realize Ana could not have killed Zoe, so who did and how can you explain Ana’s memories? The answers are clever and surprising.