Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC! I was into this book at first, but then I felt like it dragged. It is formatted like police interviews, which I liked, and I even liked how it jumped from person to person as they were easy to keep clear who was who. It was also a nice way to build the story and add more bit by bit. However, I felt like the farther I got into the book the more and more unrealistic it got. I got to the point where I thought-just tell me who did it and how it happened! I cannot say I really cared that much for any of the characters or the missing girl either, which makes it hard to stay engrossed in the book and story. Overall, I think some teens will enjoy the format and mystery, but I think there are better stories out there that I would recommend first. FYI profanity

This book is one that I definitely did not expect. You have four people who are being questioned at the police station after their mutual friend disappeared. You hear the full story from each of their perspectives and it really gives you the feel of an interrogation. Although it was fast-paced, I felt like I was unable to put the pieces completely together. I feel like I need more character information, especially about Nolan, to start to put this together. I enjoyed the story overall, I just think it needed more concrete evidence and development for me to rate it higher. I was able to read it quickly once the story picked up. I enjoyed the main premise, the execution just didn’t do it for me.

3/5 stars for interrogations, friendship, mystery, and what it takes to become famous!

**Thank you to NetGalley for providing a free review copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The first 85% of this book was a solid five stars.

I absolutely loved the fact that the story was only told from first person interviews with the police. It allowed for further mystery in the story because when you’re in that situation, every person who saw the same thing can remember it differently.

I also really appreciated the fact that every character had a very clear personality. I stopped having to read who was talking because I could just tell from the way their transcript read. That’s impressive.

I’m just so disappointed in who did it and why. I kept waiting for the story to shift and it turn out to have been someone else. I feel like the person deserved so much better than that. My husband says that’s not a fair reason to give a book lower stars, so I’m sticking with 5 stars because the story is really very good.

A unique twist to this YA read! I loved the concept of a book based on the interrogation of 4 teens after their friend went missing on a camping trip. Each chapter is a question from the detectives and the response from each teen.
This is truly a YA book and I loved how quick and easy of a read it was. I found it hard to like the characters and like true teenage fashion found them all wrapped up in themselves. As an adult I often read YA and I found myself looking at it from my teenage nieces’ point of view and knew they would absolutely love the book!

Thank you to Chelsea Sedoti, Net Galley & Sourcebooks Fire for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

I really liked the storytelling style of this book, and I really liked the overall theme and ideas. I think it was pretty well put together. I wasn't really sure about the whole Bigfoot aspect? Maybe I didn't get it? At any rate it was very well written, and I would definitely suggest it others.

Interesting layout and a mild twist. This book was a nice escape for my brain. The ending came very quickly but I was still not able to guess who did it. I do like the Bigfoot addition.

This book definitely had potential but I couldn't get fully into it. The chapters read like a script, jumping from person to person, which got confusing if you weren't paying attention. Would recommend if you want a short, quick read geared towards a bit of a younger audience.

Another great read! I'm currently on a roll of great ones. This story circles around a camping trip with friends and one of the girls (Maylee) ends up missing. The story starts at a police station with the rest of the people from the camping trip. I ultimately loved how this book was told. It was told as interviews from various perspectives from the camping trip. Each chapter has a question from the police, and the chapter is how all of the characters responded to it.

I felt satisfied with the ending. I think some people won't love how it ended, but I think it showed and proved a solid point that people need to continuously realize. Also it features lots of mysterious Bigfoot possibilities! Great book!

I read this book fairly quickly. When I first started I wasn’t sure how I was feeling about the way it was going from character to character. However I ended up really enjoying it. It was like you were the police interrogating them and being told what was happening.

It was actually quite clever way to tell the story. I will say I thought I had it figured out until the very end. Then I realized the twist. I realized why. I realized the tragic moral.

It’s hard for me to write a too in-depth review because of the set up I don’t want to give anything away but if you like suspense, a good mystery, plot twist, and trying to figure out what the hell happened in the woods that night this book is for you!

Thank you NetGalley for the Arc!

3.5 ⭐️

I really enjoyed the style of this book and how easy it made to read. It felt like you got to know the characters and their personalities well without having to go really deep into who they were. This books showed what real people are like in scary, stressful situations and how not everything is how you see it. Along with the memory what exactly happens in those circumstances stances. It was a different take on a thriller that I enjoyed

Wow what a great read this was…had no idea what actually happened to Maylee right up till the end…kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat the whole time!! A real page turner with fleshed out characters and realistic locations…felt like I knew the characters and that I had been at the campsite…very vivid descriptions…not going to lie I hope there can somehow be a sequel…I want more of these characters!!

The idea of this books was great. I think the chapters should have been one perspective at a time, it did read more like the author wanted this to become a movie at some point. What I didn't understand is why bring in the bigfoot element and the other missing people element if in the end they had nothing to do with this particular girl's story. It didn't feel like well fleshed out side stories. Good, had potential to be great.

This book was good. I loved how the story is told by the 4 friends with their interrogations at the police station. It was all cohesive and didn't throw me off. The book is a bit of a slow burn. While there are great parts that make you want to keep reading (i.e. when you find out who brought a gun on a camping trip, who owns the cabin they "randomly" come upon) there were also times that I felt were dragged on a bit (everyone talking about Nolan and his thoughts on Bigfoot.) Some stories that the kids spoke about could've been condensed a bit. All in all a solid book. If you’re still debating on reading this one, this of it as a cross between Pretty Little Liars meets I Know What You Did Last Summer. The first half of the book really hooked me in then the second half way okay.

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
A suspenseful young adult novel about 5 teenage friends who go on a camping trip told immediately after something awful happens. It took me a chapter or two to get into the unreliable narrator format but by the end of the book this was one of my favorite parts of the story. The storytelling sets you as one of the questioning police detectives listening to the eyewitness accounts. The reader gets to piece the story together like the officers are to figure out what really happened. Once I got the flow of the writing changing characters so frequently the story was very easy to follow and I could picture the change in characters easily. Much like all of the crime shows on tv this story was wrapped up much nicer by the end than it would be in reality but that’s the closure we always want as a viewer/reader!

Thank you, NetGalley and Sourcebooks, for the ARC of Tell Me What Really Happened. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Five friends go into the woods, and only four come out. What happened in those woods? Do the five that went in really know each other at all?

This book is a creepy, page turning thriller of a mystery!

I had the pleasure of reading an ARC copy of Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti. Tell Me What Really Happened centers around five teenagers who go for a weekend camping trip out in the woods. But when one of them goes missing, each of the remaining four friends has a different piece of the puzzle.

This book is truly unique, as the entire story is told at the police station through the witness statements of the four friends. And since their testimonies happen after the events have transpired, little tid bits and tangents serve as foreshadows to drive the plot forward. And it’s especially interesting when the four testimonies don’t line up! It’s such a creative way to tell the story, and it left me wondering “what really happened” up until the end!

I love when stories are told from multiple viewpoints. Tell Me What Really Happened took that to another level. Writing this particular story as a police interrogation was so, so smart. It makes the reader feel like part of the investigation process. I absolutely loved the frustration I felt when a character would let something slip, but them retrace and refuse to answer the question in the way the investigators wanted it answered. I also loved feeling one way about a character and changing my mind several times mid-story because of what they or someone else reveal. Great read!

Sadly, this book had potential, but it missed the mark for me. Things get off to an interesting start, and very dramatic, but it doesn't stay that way. While the book was fast paced and the unreliable narrator angle was well done, thing fell short aside from that. The interview format was very jarring as it bounced from character to character, even within the same chapter. The format also made it feel like there was info missing, and this caused a lack of depth overall. Perhaps due to the structure, I never felt a connection with any of the characters, which made it hard for me to care about the outcome.

Thank you NetGalley, Sourcebooks Fire, and Chelsea Sedoti for the advanced copy of Tell Me What Really Happened in exchange for my honest review.

3.5 stars rounded up.

The fact that this story is told entirely through a police interview is what made me request it in the first place, and I absolutely *loved* that format. It made it really easy to fly through chapters but I also thoroughly enjoyed getting to be inside each character's head while they told their version of different events.

I didn't love the ending, but ultimately it was so well-written and interesting that I'm not too hung up on that factor. I will for sure be reading this author again in the future!

Tell Me What Really Happened will be on US bookshelves April 4!

I enjoyed the interview format of this book. In my opinion, it really helped with the pacing and kept the story interesting. It was a great way to really show that you can have multiple unreliable narrators. (Or can you? Spoilers.) I was certain I had the whole thing figured out by the halfway point, which I think is the point because I was wrong. Happily.

I gave this book 4 stars because I was eager to read it and figure out where the story was going. It had a good blend of love them/hate them characters and planted a lot of theories in my head as I read. I also hadn't solved the mystery early on, which is always a plus in a story like this.