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I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

16 reviews

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

leaonaxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Holy moly, this is my third book from Alice Feeny, and while I’m definitely noticing a theme, I am never prepared for the twists and turns she crafts. I feel  like most of her books have serious trigger warnings, so tread carefully. Despite the often heinous nature of the books, her writing is quite excellent. Her imagery is amazing and I feel like I’m in the scenes. The particular twist at the end really through me for a loop and literally disgusted me so I feel compelled to deduct a star for that, but overall excellent thriller as usual

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

enlamont's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

dremmavendetta's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is my fourth Alice Feeny book and although I haven't read all of her books I have noticed that Alice really loves using past and present perspectives to relay her thriller. Nothing wrong with that, it's just something I picked up while reading.

I don't know why, but for some reason, I was really feeling her writing in this book. There are some relatable quotes in there. While the pacing was slow, for some reason that didn't bother me like it would in other thriller books. The twist was shocking (I only guessed a part of it a chapter before) and very repugnant as well. After I finished the book I was rendered speechless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Alcohol

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

What a...strange book lol. Was it good? Sort of? Did it keep me reading and wanting to know where the hell this was going? Yes, it sure did. Very strange twists and things happening in the very last 2 chapters felt way more done for the pure shock of the twist than something that actually makes sense. But! It was still an entertaining read and kept me hooked, so it was good for that! 
(my listed content warnings contain possible spoilers)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

amberbjorge's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer

The overdone child abuse and the weird incest plot, ugh!

Honestly, I love Alice Feeney’s more recent books but her earlier books are too much for me. This whole book gave me the “ick”

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I have to say, when I started this book, I wasn’t really feeling it. I was half expecting to DNF it before the halfway point because lots of stuff what happening but I couldn’t see how it was all linked up. 

 

However, as I approached the halfway point I raced through the rest of it. I had so many questions that needed answering that it made me want to finish it. 

 

It took me up to about 3/4 of the way through the book to figure out what was going on. I had that sudden moment of realisation where all the little things that had been mentioned now made sense. I clearly didn’t know exactly what was going on as that last reveal really spun the whole plot around to something I was not expecting at all. Literally, my notes said “Oh no, that didn’t go where I expected it to. That’s so twisted.” 

 

I found it to be really weird and creepy, especially the last couple of chapters. However, with the unexpected grossness to the plot, I’m not sure how much I actually enjoyed it. 

 

Out of all of Feeney’s books that I’ve read so far, this is definitely not a favourite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape