This book was so problematic in so many ways. I get that the whole plot was about a toxic friendship and that the character was never meant to be likable, but there was more to it than that. Rose, never grows or addresses the issues she has that make her so toxic. There is no development. Lacie seems to ignore any warning signs and just be way too accommodating of a friend. But it was more than even that!

This book has that distinctive feel of a man writing a woman character and doing so very poorly. Most of her thoughts and actions weren't believable at all. Then throw in a minor character of a young teen writing an essay on feminism who feels that her period makes her feel powerful and feminine...yeah, it's a bit much. Also, some of the ways Rose describes the man she's attracted to was a bit repugnant.

The whole thing was just problematic. Rose never feels any remorse at all for how she treats her friend. Her motives for being such a horrible person are never fully quite revealed either so she wasn't relatable in any way. Rose continues to allow herself to be used for sex just because she seeks the attention. This was understandable when she was a teen, but just became sad since she was now 30 years old.

There were also some problematic bits about mental health as well. Insinuating that in the 90s everyone was depressed and took Prozac but now everyone just had anxiety which was less fun. Also, there was this line: “To be honest, I was never that great at depression, though I did try.” This is glorifying a mental health condition which I found to be in poor taste.

In conclusion, the writing wasn't great, the characters sucked, and there pretty much wasn't a point to the plot either.

The author got to work early on giving the reader some pieces of the puzzle when it came to Rose. So I was getting a feel for her and that's what led me to start asking the question, where is the author taking me? Well, the answer is nowhere, at least in my view. Again, I feel like I didn't pick up on the author's intent when it came to the story and character.

I have tried multiple times to finish this book yet sadly I find that this one is not for me. I thank you for the opportunity to read and review it.

I enjoyed this. I think that the character development was good. The story had a decent pace and it kept my attention too! I would recommend.

I love this plotline, it is just so intriguing. This book was well written, jam packed with drama, and kept me engaged until the very end.

This was a little like a SWF situation. One girl moves to NYC and kind of moves in on an old friend. She ends up living with her and trying, in some weird way, to steal her life. It was definitely quirky and weird. Not sure I can give a strong recommend on this, but I did finish it

Shelved. Reading this book when I can connect more to the writing. I requested this book on the description but I can’t push through it.

If you’re into toxic female friendships and serious single white female vibes this one is for you. It did keep me intrigued and flipping through the pages. Some phenomenal writing and well developed characters and A LOT of drama. The ending fell a little flat but overall a great debut. I’m looking forward to what else this author writes.

The premise of this one was very intriguing to me! From the setting to the relationships I was immediately immersed into this.

Unforunately, the overall book fell a little flat for me. I would still read a book by this author in the future.

I love the cover!!

Thank you, netgalley.

Upon beginnning this book, I was immediately engaged in the characters and wanting to know what would happen next. However, as the story progressed, I found that it was hard to follow the prose and maintain my attention to the story. I felt frustrated and had a very hard time completing the book. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book from NetGalley.

This one was a bit of a struggle for me. Toxic female relationships can be a great story, but the character development has to be really strong, and I feel like these two women just fell flat for me. I couldn't connect with either of them, and I really wasn't interested in what was happening in their story.

I was provided a gifted copy of this book for free. I am leaving my review voluntarily.

This book is mainly about this womans, Rose, obsession with her friend Lacie, they used to be friends back in their grade school days, but something happened between them and they never kept in contact, until Rose bumped into her in NYC. Now Rose is an aspiring writer, a tutor, she fakes her resume to get this job by the way, saying that she graduated from an IVY league college. Anyway, Rose is a hot mess. Lacie on the other hand is a woman who didn't need to struggle the way that Rose did, and I think that's where the obsession lies, or maybe I am wrong, this book was a slow burn, and it was dragging at times.

Even though the mystery of who Rose really is, and what she did to betray Lacie, and even her book, and how she researched for it was CRAZY! Overall I liked it.

Thanks to Netgalley, Ballantine and Kyle, for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

It's not Mr. McCarthy's fault that I'd just read another book about a toxic female friendship in which one woman was murderously obsessed with another woman, but because of the similar themes, I didn't finish this book. From what I did read, it was clear he's a skilled writer with insight into the female psyche.

Everyone Knows How Much I Love You is a story about a dark and damaged friendship. I struggled a bit getting into the book because all of the characters were so unlikeable, but I did mostly enjoy the story.

This was the most recent ARC I’ve read in one of my favorite genres: toxic, obsessive female friendships. The best novels in that genre have extremely well developed narrators who seem very relatable for a while, but then make a decision that seems jarring or sudden until you realize that actually, everything has been leading up to it. Social Creature and Necessary People are two excellent recent examples. You can see the narrators’ points of view in those stories until they cross a very clear line that you can see, but they have sadly lost sight of.

This book, sadly, was just not in that league. The narrator is neither relatable nor compelling, just confusing and dull. Ironically, the other character, Rose, is a writer whose agent‘s response to a draft of her book is:

"I just don't understand the stakes of the story. I don't get the why of it. Why does this book need to be written?"

My thoughts exactly.

Everyone Knows How Much I Love You is a dark and twisted read of the relationship between two women who are in relationships that are not good for them. Between the betrayal of each other and the risks they take, these women are wading into murky waters.

This was a tough read but one you need to know the ending so you keep trudging through. The book is well-written but the subject matter can be difficult.

Although I tried this book numerous times it was a DNF for me. There was too much gratuitous sex which I believe took away from the plot and the characters.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of Everyone Knows How Much I Love You by Kyle McCarthy.

I made it about 50% in until I decided to stop. I just couldn't stomach more single white female creepy friendship obsession.

In the synapses, the protagonist (is she really the protagonist though?) is described as having powers over others, magnetic. But I found her to be just the opposite, super off putting and clingy. I couldn't stand that her long lost friend invited her to move in with her despite the fact that she was obviously stalking her. After that confusing cluster-mug of bad decisions, I was totally clocked out.

This novel started with such a strong hook! The first few pages really drew me in and seemed to promise a suspenseful novel about a love triangle between three friends that ended in a horrible accident. Unfortunately, the rest of the book simply couldn't live up to the intrigue (and turns out to not really be about that incident at all). The book instead follows one member of the trio, Rose, who turns into the ultimate Single White Female obsessed with her best friend and ends up doing creepy stuff to try and emulate her. I'm actually really sick of this trope - and I feel like I've read several books with this plot over the last few years.

The mystery of the accident is solved about halfway through the book, so it feels like there's basically no drive for the second part of the book. The reader has to just follow along as Rose makes one cringey decision after another. As abhorrent as this character is, I also just didn't really buy any of her actions or the meat of the character. She's a Harvard graduate but has seemingly zero ambition or work ethic (which seems hard to believe). And nearly every decision she makes would drive her further away from what she really wants - a closer relationship with her friend, Lacie. The whole book ended up feeling completely unrealistic because I couldn't believe Rose would behave in certain ways that would jeopardize her friendship with Lacie (pretty much the only thing she cared about in her whole life).

I totally get that not all protagonists have to be likable, but this one was hard to believe on top of being a generally awful person. Oh how I wish the book had lived up to that first chapter! But the plot basically boiled down to a tired theme of how one girl in a friendship must want to take over the other one's life in a way that didn't even seem logical at all. I won't be recommending this one, despite loving the beginning.

A dark novel of friendship and obsession between women, set in the version of New York we so often see in fiction—that of the extraordinarily privileged, who seem to be unaware that their lives are not the norm. I enjoyed the tone of this novel, dark and psychologically rich, but found the writing and the plot itself a bit bland. This wasn't for me, but I imagine it will work well for readers who haven't read a ton of books with similar premises, or set in the same version of New York—for me, it simply didn't stand out among the others I've read in this vein.