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I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

38 reviews

geck_h8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

braytonaubree's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

• this writing style is PERFECT for a thriller
• the twists actually got me & that’s a hard thing to do at this point 
• the characters have a lot of support/backstory to their actions but I could’ve used a little more 😬
• I know this is probably the goal, but the setting, characters, plots & descriptions made me feel grimy (definitely check your trigger warnings for this one)
• I felt like the dual timeline was a really effective way to tell this story & it flowed smoothly
• the narration on the audiobook was absolutely incredible
• definitely got to the end and wanted to go back through everything I’d just read to make sense of everything 


content warnings:
• incest 
• child abuse
• animal cruelty/death
• rape/sexual assault
• pedophilia 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

anawilson05's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

Check the trigger warnings before reading (there is a spoiler in them but there's lots of major trigger potential things in this book that it's important).

I could not put this down but oh my it's the most twisted thing I've ever read. Truly disturbing but fantastically written, kept me guessing and guessing. I thought it could be who it was but dismissed it as too ridiculous!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Incest

cewhouser7405's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Suicide

kevinjwangler's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

sarahkois's review against another edition

1.0

What the fuck did I just read? I love Alice Feeney as an author, but I found the depictions of child abuse, animal abuse, rape, and at the end...incest (again, what the actual fuck???) to be disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Violence

Literally what the fuck? At the end of the book she finds out her husband is actually her brother AND THEN SAYS SHE WANTS TO HAVE A BABY WITH HIM? (albeit just to get out of the situation) but then actually falls pregnant with her brother's baby? I feel sick to my stomach with this book. So disappointed.

dalereadsandwrites's review against another edition

dark lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tyreadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

✦I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney✦

★★★★★ 5/5 stars

“Not everybody wants to be somebody. Some people just want to be somebody else.”

✦ synopsis 

Aimee Sinclair is the actress everyone thinks they know but can't remember where from.

Aimee has a secret she's never shared, and yet, she suspects someone knows. When she comes home to find her husband missing and all evidence points to her, she struggles to keep her career and sanity intact. 

Someone knows who Aimee is. And they know what she did. Her past comes back to haunt her, forcing her to play one of her biggest roles yet.

✦ my thoughts 

It’s no secret that Alice Feeney is one of my favorite authors. She’s so clever & creative with her storylines, & her ability to turn a phrase is unmatched. After reading this one, I have officially read all of her backlist! I have loved every single book, but this one takes the cake as the most chilling, unpredictable, disturbing one yet - & I freaking loved it.

I really couldn't put it down, a wonderful roller coaster ride of a read. The anxiety I felt alone was 5☆ quality. This one is pretty controversial, but to me, sometimes a jawdropping, outlandish, unhinged ending just works. Easily one of the most insane books I’ve ever read, & one I won't soon forget, which is why it gets 5 stars from me.

✦ Read if you :

-have a traumatic hamster story

-like a child’s pov

-like thrillers with more twists than a pretzel factory 

-like unreliable narrators

-like short, suspenseful chapters

-are down for an insanely mind boggling ending 

PS - Stephanie Racine absolutely crushed the narration of this audiobook, as per usual. I would listen to her read the phone book. 

*I Know Who You Are is not for the faint of heart - but if you love a dark, twisty thriller, I say bump this up your TBR! (Check trigger warnings, as there are several)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking

novellearts's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

Book was almost decent until that disgusting twist at the end.. it made the whole story far fetched as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

steviespirit's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting