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Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse

31 reviews

ravenpuff's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Emotional abuse

carmenvillaman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Everything that encompasses this book was difficult to navigate from beginning to end. I initially assumed this novel was going to center around a specific case centered around University of Colorado & those who were partaking in this. Some parts did revolve around the author’s job as a P.I and what it took to get people to participate / speak up. Other parts were about the author’s personal life including the abuse she suffered from the ages of 4-7. As much as I felt for her, it was still troubling to read / listen to just when I assumed we had finished reliving that part of the author’s life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

kingsteph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

5.0

Erika has a face that makes strangers tell her their deepest secrets.  After a chance encounter with a lawyer in a bookstore, she finds herself starting a job as a private investigator, despite her lack of formal experience.  The case that dominates the book concerns the pervasive rape culture and constant coverups of the University of Colorado football team.  Herself a survivor of sexual violence, Erika becomes obsessed with the case, her investigation branching off into her own life, into her relationships with the family members who deny, or simply don’t care, that she was sexually abused as a child.  Amidst descriptions of the Colorado landscape—breathtaking yet harsh—Erika learns the tricks of the P.I. trade, offering snippets of the profession’s evolution between recollections of her own research and interviews.  She scrambles to gather enough evidence to make someone do something about the sexual violence faced by her plaintiffs, but it’s not just for them, it’s for her, too.

Tell Me Everything is stunning and fascinating—part memoir, part true crime, but entirely an investigation.  Gabra Zackman’s narration complements the book beautifully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

The content of this book is so difficult to read at times, but so worth it. Erika’s story is like none I’ve ever heard, and you can’t help but listen to her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

jillianhd's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

This memoir was full of incredibly heavy material - abuse, sexual assault & rape, suicidal ideation - and generally was written with sensitivity to those topics, but the flow just didn’t really click as it hopped from investigation to relationships to nature to remembrances. 

(Mar 2022 BOTM pick)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

mrsboomreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

jaimeberger's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

Out March 15, 2022 [Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review!]

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Part true-crime, part memoir, Tell Me Everything is the story of Erika Krouse, whose work as a private investigator helped uncover a culture of systemic sexual abuse within a university football program. Krouse’s narrative weaves together both the investigation itself and the impact that the work and the case had on her as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.

I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from this one, but whatever my expectations were, this book exceeded them. I will admit that I was left a bit uncertain about what to “take away” from the book as a whole, which is why I docked a half star, but there is undeniable beauty in a book that leaves some of its message open to interpretation.

Moreover, even if the ending could have been slightly neater, I really loved the entire rest of the journey. The writing was impeccable and deeply engaging, just novelistic enough to keep me captivated at all times and just journalistic enough to make me feel fully factually informed. Krouse’s personal story was also deftly intertwined with her investigative work and the case, adding layers that were heartbreaking but incredibly valuable to the narrative. And, as a lawyer myself, I appreciated Krouse’s layperson treatment of the law—including enough legal detail to inform readers while not turning this into a legal treatise, and avoiding the common trap of glorifying or romanticizing the law while still being evenhanded and fair.

Finally and perhaps most importantly, the case itself, while infuriating, is absolutely worthy of attention. This book isn’t an easy read, but it’s one of those books everyone should pick up.

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: true crime; investigative journalism vibes; memoirs.

CW: Sexual assault/rape, child sexual abuse/pedophilia, mental health, suicidal thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts