A review by greatexpectations77
Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden

challenging mysterious 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

3.75

I love an untrustworthy narrator, but this didn't work for me as well as it could have. I feel like the best untrustworthy narrators are ones in which you get basically the whole story but in a severely biased bent. In this book, you get the story from April for the first about half of the book, and then the narrator turns to Julia in the second half of the book. So you assume
that April is telling the whole truth initially, and then you doubt her when Julia starts talking, and it becomes clear that that is the actual truth. Which was a little disappointing because I like a little doubt.
But then you realize that
April has been leaving all kinds of events out of her story, which is just like. Oh. And you feel a little left out.
Also I really hated both narrators lol with their classist and annoying selves.
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