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I Know Who You Are

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I Know Who You Are is a fast moving and twisted psychological thriller. An ideal book to read on a long journey.

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I really thought I would like this book when I read the synopsis but unfortunately it didn't hit the mark.

I found it to be tedious and long winded with very little really going on. Yes things heated up near the end but it took a long time to get there. I found that I just didn't want to pick this up and therefore it took me ages to finish it. I was actually tempted at one point not to bother finishing it but I'm one of those people who likes to try and finish every book I read!

I get that we weren't meant to really like Aimee and I don't usually mind that (who doesn't love to hate a ruthless character?) but even so Aimee is just not relatable or interesting in anyway.

Would not recommend.

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When Aimee comes home and discovers her husband is missing, she doesn’t seem to know what to do or how to act. The police think she’s hiding something and they’re right, she is – but perhaps not what they thought. Aimee has a secret she’s never shared, and yet, she suspects that someone knows. As she struggles to keep her career and sanity intact, her past comes back to haunt her in ways more dangerous than she could have ever imagined.

I found this book a little far fetched, and that's saying something as I read a lot of books in this genre. I would have liked a bit more information on if her Dad searched for her etc, I won't say too much as it would spoil the book. The ending was confusing, I couldn't quite understand what was going on, maybe because I had lost interest, I don't know.

But I suppose its worth a read.

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If your favoured reading material is a novel with a good sprinkling of darkness, surprise, doubt, twists and lies, then feel free to read this great book by Alice Feeney - I Know Who You Are.

The book was really big surprise, but as this was my first novel by Alice Feeney, I had no particular expectations, either great or otherwise. Alice Feeney’s début, Sometimes I Lie, received such wonderful praise that others' expectations were very high for this novel.

This was a gripping story, full of twists and turns, wondering whether the narrator was telling the truth or not. Aimee Sinclair wakes up to find her husband gone, and she's no idea what has happened. As the story progresses, the reader gradually learns more about Aimee's past and the bearing it has on her, currently. While the police investigate her for the suspected murder of her husband, the story keeps the reader in suspense and on tenterhooks. Did Aimee kill her husband or will the killer be someone else?

Set in London, the story was based around two main characters - Aimee & Ben Sinclair. It was written from both the past and present perspectives of Aimee. What really worked for me was the distinction between the voice of the adult Aimee a successful, but insecure, actress who had a rocky marriage to Ben. and the voice of five-year-old Aimee who led a very secretive and tragic childhood.

The writing style was absolutely wonderful and I found myself enjoying the story immensely, in this very well written and fast paced read. The pacing of the book was spot on though there was not enough explanation as to why the bad do what they do. Hooked from the start, the story was good, but the way it was told was the most enjoyable part. Alice Feeney’s ability to construct such creative twists was amazing and I must give full credit to her for coming up with some wicked, cunning and crazy moments and a jaw-dropping ending! The final twist was fantastic - I definitely didn't see it coming!

I Know Who You Are was a stand-out novel and was well worth the time invested. Overall, this was a really interesting story with some unexpected turns and there were a lot of things to enjoy about it.

I received a complimentary digital copy of this novel, at my own request, from HQ via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

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this book was well written and the story line was fantastic. took it as a holiday read and read it in one sitting.
great plot and flowed beautifully.
would not have seen the story going that way! great author will be looking for more

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I received a free ebook version of this through Netgalley. Thankyou to both Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this! My review is still honest.

I enjoyed Feeney's Sometimes I Lie and had high hopes for this one. I'm still unsure if this really met my expectations-in some ways it did, and others it didn't.
In a nutshell, I Know Who You Are is about an actress whose husband goes missing. That's about all I think you should know going in! There are some dark secrets and a twisted past involved, but it really is best to find all this out for yourself.
It was a little hard to get into at first, but once I got going, I really got going! I flew threw the last 300 pages of this so fast and I couldn't put it down. I never anticipated where this was going to go and I certainly didn't expect the twist at the end. I was very interested in Aimee's past and how the plotlines of the present and past converged and met. I also loved that Aimee was an actress, it added an extra bit of sparkle and something different to what could have been a story that we've all read before.
However, that big plot twist that I didn't see coming was a little too unrealistic for me. <spoiler> I could have understood the Ben being her brother thing because Aimee hadn't seen him for so long that it isn't unrealistic she wouldn't recognise him, but I can't get my head around that he could dress up as Aimee and be convincing enough to fool a bank employee in the flesh. </spoiler> It ended up just feeling like the author was trying to be as shocking as she could, and it could actually have been a really well done plot twist, but it went a little too far. I also felt there were a couple of unresolved plot points that could have been explored more, particularly associated with Aimee's past.
On the whole, I did enjoy the reading experience and will read more from Feeney. However, this one had a lot of potential but a couple of things that let it down for me.

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A good enough read, but the ending was a bit too far fetched in places. A controlling husband, gaslighting, a B list actress, all the Hitchcock tropes are there. It's a dark story and a good read for gore fans, but the story just goes a bit off base by the end. Worth a read, but not a game changer.

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I read this book as a buddy read and I have to say there has been very mixed feelings.

I started this and was looking forward to experience another Alice Feeney book after the sensational Sometimes I Lie.

In the start I felt there was an overload of metaphors and felt it halted my enjoyment through those first few chapters, but this did even out through the book.

I loved the chapters written from Aimee’s perspective as a child. I loved the writing style here and the perspective of the world from a child’s eye. Fantastic writing. The perspective of Aimee as an adult was very overloaded with many twists. It had a lot of lines of suspicion and this felt sometimes chaotic.

However I did enjoy this despite the few flaws and have given it four stars.

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I had high expectations for this book given that Alice Feeney's first book had such fantastic reviews. However they weren't lived up to and I was left feeling completely confused, disappointed and a little disgusted. Don't get me wrong, I read all sorts of books with lots of twisted and dark storylines - but this one was so poorly written and unravelled in such a disappointing way that I couldn't feel anything by the end except that I had completely wasted my time.

Apparently this book is the 'brilliant tale of two stories...' It's not a tale though, it's not brilliant, and it's just one story flitting from past to present day. In fact, even the synposis on Goodreads is written really poorly that I'm not going to do my usual and copy some snippets. Sorry! Basically, Aimee's husband goes missing and she's a prime suspect...all is not as it seems. (Never is, but there we go...)

Alice Feeney has written a very complex plot. So complex in fact, that I think she twisted herself up in knots and left many loopholes and questioning lines. If all of the 'heard them before' metaphors were taken out of the book I'm pretty sure you'd be left with something half the size. I only kept reading until the end to find out exactly what had happened and how Alice Feeney wraps it all up neatly. Spoiler alert - she doesn't.

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I really enjoyed this book. Aimee is an up and coming actress. One day, her husband disappears without trace, leaving all his personal belongings at home. The police believe she knows more than she is letting on. The story is told in 2 time frames - the present day and back when Aimee was a small girl. The plot is very intriguing and made more interesting by Aimee's totally flaky character. It's quite far fetched, but a good read with a unexpected twist at the end. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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An excellent story that had me hooked from the first word. Definitely recommended to those readers who enjoy this type of book.

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Brilliantly written novel that switches between the narrator’s past and current life. The ending is a complete shock and not what I expected! Highly recommend!

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I really enjoyed the authors first book, and had high expectations going into this one. The heroines story goes back and forth between a terrible incident in her past and how things are coming apart in her current life. You will not see the ending coming. Shocking!

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3 ½ stars

Aimee Sinclair is an upcoming star with a seemingly happy married life . But when her husband goes missing, she becomes the prime suspect in his disappearance. The police are pretty sure she is hiding something and are right as Aimee has a secret which she suspects that someone knows.

Alternating with Aimee’s present story and of her tragic past when she was a little girl I Know Who You Are is a disturbing psychological thriller. A fast entertaining book but with a slight implausible twist at the end it still was an engaging read

I would like to thank NetGalley and HQ for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest re

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This book is a roller-coaster of crazy. Alice Feeney definitely delivers on the bizarre variety of mystery/thriller. While I thin "Sometimes I Lie"" was a little better and had a little more of a mess with your mind ending, this book was still super twisted, unpredictable, and intriguing. I'd be very interested in what she writes next.

I did not want to stop reading this book, as I as desperate to know what happened! The characters were the right mix of likable and untrustworthy/unpredictable. The past and present storytelling kept you wondering what was going on. There was creep factor and cringey moments and the ending was really like... WTF? None of my predictions were right.

No spoilers, but it’s twisted and kind of gross. But I definitely recommend it to anyone who likes twisty thrillers!

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I loved Alice Feeney's first book Sometimes I Lie. Although I was initially drawn into this book I started to find it too far fetched and unbelievable. The ending was truly dissapointing and I had to go back and read the last few pages incase I had missed something. This was a dissapointing read.

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A book I ended up speed reading in order to finish. While it’s well written, I struggled with the story and the themes.

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Having read 'Sometimes I lie', I was already looking forward to reading another book by this author. I do like the premise of an unreliable narrator, it makes everything a bit less predictable, what do you believe?
This book seems like marmite, with many finding it too much, but personally I enjoyed it right up until the reveal at the end, which I had sort of guessed but was hoping I was wrong.

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This book started off very well, it was written well and I loved how the chapters alternated between Aimee as a child and an adult.

I was eager to know the twist but I read a lot of books like this so guessed the ending I am afraid. I thought it was a little far fetched too.

So overall , good read but not amazing.

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Not a huge fan of this one. I found it very intriguing and really wanted to keep reading and see what happened next - until it got rather disturbing... incest, child abuse. The ending was also very disappointing. I found myself finishing it like what on earth just happened???

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