After her mom's death, Annie's life starts to spiral out of control. Her OCD is taking over more and more everyday. And multiple crimes are popping up and she's being looked at as the main suspect. On top of all of this, her marriage is suffering and her relationship with her daughter is failing miserably. So what's a lady to do?!
First off, thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

So, the first half of the story dragged for me. The way the story jumps around from past to way in the past to current was confusing and hard to follow at times. I also struggled because there was not a single character I really liked all that much, and the main characters were extra unlikable. I did not fully see the ending coming so that was fun! But it felt a little rushed and too perfectly resolved for me. I did appreciate the insight into the struggles of OCD, specifically around contamination/germs, and the PTSD symptoms that can come from experiencing war, immigrating, living without money or means to survive and how the generational experiences are passed down in different ways. The author did a good job of sharing a peek into these things that most may not understand or be familiar with.

This is an excellent debut! Annie Shaw appears to have an Idyllic life as an artist with a smart and headstrong teenage daughter, Tabby, and a loving, patient, and successful husband, Duncan. After her mother, a Viet Nam refugee, passes, Annie’s life begins to spin out of control. Her OCD comes back with a vengeance and people start to die around her which, eventually, grabs the attention of the law. This story is tightly plotted and well written. With an unreliable main character, it almost reads like a fever dream. It is a bit of a slow burn but the short chapters and the suspenseful, even disturbing, content is gripping. There is a lot to unpack in this one with themes of generational trauma, mental illness, and complicated mother/daughter relationships to name a few. There are some trigger warnings so read up on this one before diving in! Thank you Netgalley, Penguin Group Dutton, and the author for this eARC in exchange for my honest review. This book will be available for purchase on May 16, 2024

Anh Le, the daughter of a Vietnam War refugee, grapples with OCD and paranoia in You Know What You Did, a spellbinding thriller that touches on many topics. Annie, as she is known now, sees her life spiral out of control after the death of her elderly mother. When a client of hers goes missing and the police zero in on her, her once dormant OCD overtakes her life, and she finds herself struggling to separate reality from fantasy as several events put her squarely at the center of a police investigation. The slow moving early chapters subtly build the tension until the explosive second half of the book firmly grabs the reader through a series of plot surprises that propel the book right through a blockbuster finish. The writing flows easily as the author guides the reader through a difficult subject, well worth a read. 4.5 stars! I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a great book. I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece! I read it in 12 hours, which is a lot for me to do! It had everything and more laid out in the novel! I sure hope There is more to come from this author! I am totally hooked!

Struggled to read this. Not my cup of tea. It didn’t hook me at the beginning so I could never really get into the story.

Thank you to the publishers at Penguin Dutton for the chance to read “You Know What You Did” by K. T Nguyen!

Part murder mystery, part domestic drama, but all rooted in the experiences of a Vietnamese-American, reeling from the death of her mother. Our protagonist, Annie Le, tries to piece back together her life as her OCD systems begin flaring up. When a disappearance happens, Annie is forced to reckon with some harsh truths about her trauma, her marriage, and her life.

What I treasure so much about this book is the way it viscerally tries to reconcile so many messy experiences. In particular the book gives life to how difficult it is to live in translation between cultures, generations, and different class circumstances (when her mom complained that Annie’s dog was a waste of money and not a beloved pet, I cackled).

This is also such a painful but necessary representation of life with OCD that needs to be out in the mainstream. OCD - and other mental health concerns - have never been a exclusively a problem for the wealthy and white; these are just the folks who have had the most access to diagnosis and treatment. This book thoughtfully tackles how class impacts mental health outcomes without ever being preachy or shy about the gory details.

If you’re a fan of Gillian Flynn but thinks she writes about white women too much, this might be right up your alley. Can’t wait to see what K.T. Nguyen writes next.

This book was slow burn at the beginning and I really struggled to get through it until I hit about 40% and then I could not stop reading. The twists and turns caught me off guard and I truly had no idea how the book was going to end. It was so worth pushing through to get to that ending. Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy, I throughly enjoyed this one.

This story was so captivating. We follow Annie, a woman who loses her mother. However, everything is not as it seems. Annie begins experiencing mental health struggles that she had issues with previously, and the story turns dark fast. This was a thriller that was different and far more interesting than others I read because it looked at the genre from the point of view of someone who had come to the United States from Vietnam as a young child, and experienced far different things than the norm. I really enjoyed the fast pacing, great writing, and different outlook than what I am used to in psychological thrillers I have read before. I would highly recommend grabbing this, as it is sure to be a hit!

This ebook was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author + publisher for this arc! This was a thriller/horror read with initially slower pacing that picked up quickly. I enjoyed the story and the Vietnamese American representation. I can’t say I’m all that excited about my daughter being a teenager in a handful of years, but the author did a really nice job supporting the creepy complicated relationship vibes I expected with this read.

**4.5-stars rounded up**

You Know What You Did is an intensely-suspenseful Mystery/Thriller debut from a hot up-and-coming author, K.T. Nguyen. And what a crackling debut it is!!

This story follows a fascinating-MC, Anh Le, who goes by Annie. She's married, and the mother of a teenage daughter. Annie is also an artist, although she's feeling unsatisfied with her career lately. In fact, a few aspects of Annie's life are beginning to derail after the passing of her Mom, a Vietnam War refugee, who Annie had a contentious relationship with. Annie's mother had been residing in an out-building on their family property, so she had been a fairly constant presence in Annie's life.

The loss impacted Annie in a lot of unexpected ways. Her severe-OCD comes roaring back and the dark fixations of her mind seem to be morphing into her reality. When Annie's most wealthy patron goes missing, shortly after Annie visited her home, the police come knocking.
The disappearance is shocking and it has Annie questioning everything, even herself. She can't seem to keep current events straight in her mind.

She's confused about many things and it's scary. She begins to distance herself from her family and friends. With Annie's husband traveling for work, and her daughter off to summer camp, Annie is left to her own devices. As you can imagine, that doesn't go well. Waking up in a hotel, with a lifeless body beside her, Annie has officially hit rock bottom. The police are back and she doesn't have answers that make sense, not even to herself.

Y'all, I loved this. I found it completely engaging, creepy and thought-provoking. K.T. Nguyen delivered all the tense, claustrophobic, desperate, unreliable narrator vibes that I could ever hope for. I found it so easy to connect with Annie. I felt everything she was feeling. It made me incredibly anxious, but in a good, entertaining way, if that's possible. There were times that I was crawling out of my skin of anticipation.

I was sympathetic to Annie's character from the start, particularly since I couldn't stand her husband, or her daughter. It often felt like they were ganging up on Annie and were just not giving her any slack. I was happy when they both left, so Annie could be alone. Although it definitely didn't help her mental state.

It's funny, I was Buddy Reading this with a friend and she mentioned, like how much is what Annie is relaying to us about her husband and daughter true? Could it be her paranoia? Part of her mental spiral? Or were they really being that rotten to her? I didn't even consider that before she said it, but yeah, Annie's mental state definitely added so much to the suspense of this story. It was an exceptionally well-executed unreliable narrator situation.

I absolutely loved Nguyen's writing. The character work in particular, I was so impressed. I enjoyed not only the suspense and mystery of this story, but Nguyen also chose to tackle some difficult topics, such as the immigrant experience and mental health. I enjoyed the levels of depth that these topics added to the story. This is more than just your standard Popcorn Thriller. This story has meat and I enjoyed every bite.

I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who enjoys a taut, engaging and emotional Mystery/Thriller. Particularly, if you enjoy an unreliable narrator. Thank you so much to the publisher, Dutton, for providing me with a copy to read and review. If this is her debut, I cannot wait to see what Nguyen delivers next!!!

I’m not going to lie through a good first halfish of the book I wasn’t deeply invested and didn’t quite see what all the hype was about. However by the end of the book I was impressed by a lot of topics this book touched upon and the significant impact these have in our world that don’t often get the attention they deserve.
The main character Annie is someone I didn’t know if I liked, wanted to know more about, or could trust… a total roller coaster. The first part of the book gives a lot of background about her life growing up, her Mother, family, etc…. And as the book continues I quickly learned how imperative this was to her fully developing her character and understanding her. I did figure out some of the twists and turns, but there were also definitely some surprises (I can’t go into too much detail without giving key points away).

This book definitely explores generational trauma and how deep that goes into every aspect of someone’s journey. It also touches on a lot of mental health associated with that journey and how it comes out in Annie’s life. Don’t give up if you aren’t immediately hooked , keep reading and even if this doesn’t top your constant twists and turns thriller list … it definitely has some chilling moments !!
3.5!!!
Thank you to the Author, Netgalley, and Penguin Group Dutton for the ARC!!

I would like to thank NetGalley and Dutton for providing me with an advance e-galley of this book in exchange for an honest review. Look for it in your local and online bookstores and libraries on April 16, 2024.

I got about 40% through and had to place it to my DNF shelf. It didn’t grab me and the dysfunction was a bit much for my taste.

Fans of psychological thrillers will LOVE this suspenseful, disturbing, fast-paced book about a first-gen Vietnamese American who starts to doubt her own sanity as the death toll rises among those around her. Complicating her analysis of the harrowing situation is the main character's lifelong struggle with OCD, "the doubting disorder," which causes her to question what is real and what is a function of her own mind. There are twists and turns, and also some reflections on the refugee/immigrant experience and intergenerational trauma. I couldn't put this book down and I think it's going to be big in 2024.

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Written by K.T. Nguyen

This was a twisty and confusing story from beginning until the near end. The narrator is unreliable and at times frustrating.

From the outside, Annie has the perfect life. But she has a mental illness that she had under control for years but lately her life has unraveled and she's unable to get it together. Lives are taken and she's in dangerous waters.

I couldn't put this book down and I also did research on OCD and PTSD because I thought it was important to be compassionate about the illness. The graphic depictions were disgusting and I think that's supposed to make me see and feel what she did.

Great twisty story.

This is good psychological thriller about a young woman working through her generational trauma.

Annie is a mom and a wife. She her mother who they have been taking care of recently does. Now she is trying to cope with more then the death of her mother.

This was a good thriller. It kept me engaged. You never really could tell him Annie was crazy or not. We switch between the past and the present, watching how Annie’s trauma first started and why she did the things she is accused us.

This is not the fastest paced thriller but it really keeps you guessing. The best part and always the good thing in the thriller is when you don’t guess the twist, which I did not.


Genre: Thriller
APK: Ebook
Pages: 384
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Series or Standalone: Stand-alone

Annie is an artist and the mom of a teenaged girl. She still suffers from being raised by her very demanding immigrant mother, a refugee from Vietnam, and has problems with OCD and black outs. Her life starts to spiral out of control after her mother dies and she no longer has any grasp of what is real and what is imagined. Did she harm people during her blackouts or is something more sinister happening?

2.5 Stars rounded up for this one.
You Know What You Did is about Annie Shaw, dealing with her own mental health issues and struggles after the death of her mother, a Vietnamese woman who came to America as a refugee during the war in the 1970s. Annie seems to live a charmed life with a loving husband and a career as an artist. Their teenage daughter Tabby is challenging, but what teenage girl isn't? As the book flashes back on Annie's life with her mother as a child, we put the pieces together about why Annie is so mentally and emotional scarred.
This book was very slow to set up and honestly I struggled to identify exactly what the point of the book was, because there were so many threads and side characters. For me, the writing was also extremely weak, and repetitive, with unnatural dialogue. Within the book ideas and storylines felt half developed, and over and over we get the refrain of "You know what you did." to the point that it became obnoxious. I did find the presentation of Annie's OCD to be thoughtful and well done, but it also felt like a crutch for a bad plot as well. The conclusion was rushed and also predictable, and overall the book just wasn't satisfying. I don't think I would have read it to completion if I didn't feel obligated to do so, having received an ARC.
Thank you to Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley for the electronic ARC of this novel for review.

I like this one ok but didn’t like the unreliable narrator and felt it dragged through most of the book . I just felt it was to show for my tastes

This was a wonderful book, full of familial trauma and stress. It had a lot of twists and turns and had me guessing until the last few pages. Very well done!