I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Holy freaking cannoli guys! You Know What You Did had my brain in a choke hold for the entire book. There was so much unknown because I couldn't fully trust the main character, Annie. Without diving into all those juicy details, it was hard trying to figure out if she was just simply put trustworthy.

Enter all the abuse, mystery and murder - well, I was frankly hooked and just need to know who did it and why. Without having suspects, I knew there were people I just didn't like but didn't know why. The why was honestly bugging me because I was missing so much information and it was annoying the heck out of me.

Once little clues started coming into place, and the biggest reveal of my entire life, things definitely started to make sense to me. The entire time I felt a certain way towards someone, and I screamed, "AHA! I KNEW IT!" like the little fake detective I am. Either way, I really enjoyed this and hope everyone who suffered is healing and moving on with their lives.

Definitely enjoyed the heck out of this and can't wait for my next mystery thriller to come my way.

This book was an absolute delight! Filled with numerous twists and turns, it delves into the intriguing relationship between a mother and daughter. Annie's world begins to unravel when her mother passes away, leaving her feeling adrift and lost. If you're a fan of exhilarating journeys, this book is tailor-made for you. Seamlessly blending elements of horror and thriller with the intricacies of everyday life, it offers a captivating read that I wholeheartedly recommend.
A huge thank you to NetGalley for providing the ARC.

Annie Shaw seems to have it all: a blooming painting career, a devoted husband, a clever teenage daughter, and a dream house. However, when her mom, Me, unexpectedly dies, she finds herself trying to hold together a carefully curated life as it unravels. Annie has spent her entire adult life trying to build a new life away from the poverty and isolation of her childhood with her Vietnam War refugee mom. As she attempts to keep her life and her daughter's life idyllic, her obsessive-compulsive disorder comes roaring back. After years of successfully keeping it at bay, Annie's OCD begins to overtake her life as her fixations seem to come alive. When her art benefactor goes missing, Annie is considered the prime suspect. As she works to clear her name, she pushes everyone further away until she wakes up in a hotel room, naked, beside a man's lifeless body. The police have more questions, but Annie's fractured mind makes it impossible to uncover the truth. Annie is willing to do anything to protect and shelter her daughter, even if it means losing herself in the process.

Nguyen's novel is a fast-paced and compulsively readable thriller. As a reader, you are invested in the plot and the characters and want to figure out what is actually happening. Her writing style is easy to read and enjoyable. Perhaps the most interesting part of the novel is reading about Annie's relationship with her mom. We get the present-day chapters as we watch Annie try to cope with her mother's death and the mounting pressure from the police. We also get chapters from Grace Falls, Ohio in 1984. In the past chapters, we gain an understanding of Annie's childhood and Me's struggle with OCD. These chapters add another dimension to both Annie and her mother. Giving the readers insight into her mother's background explains a lot about Annie and her problems.

One of the most compelling parts of the novel is certainly the commentary about intergenerational trauma and what we inherit from our parents. Me's life in a war-torn Vietnam and her escape as a refugee left her feeling powerless and without control for much of her life. To compensate for the lack of control she feels, she becomes a hoarder and tries to control every part of Annie's life. Reasonably, Me wants to have some power and say in what happens in her life, and while she may have gone about it in an unhealthy way, we are unable to judge her trauma response. Me's OCD impacts Annie's life and creates similar responses in her adult life. Where Me attempts to control her life and those around her, Annie's compulsions revolve around cleanliness and routine. Annie's OCD swallows up any form of logic and reason and leaves her flailing in the void. She cannot function in places where she feels that she may be contaminated in some way. Her compulsions exhibit themselves by carefully being in public and removing all of her clothes prior to moving throughout the house so she can avoid further contamination. Annie's compulsions seem to be the exact opposite of Me's, which I find intriguing. Me's life as a refugee has long-term implications, which were passed down to Annie. As Annie tries to control her environment, she indirectly impacts her own daughter. On her website, she mentions how trauma can seep across generations and borders, and that is exactly what she reflected in her debut novel.

Lastly, the OCD representation was enjoyable and important. There are many misconceptions about OCD, and I admit, I was not entirely sure of the intricacies of OCD. When many people think of OCD, they think of being clean and tidy, but that is not always the case. People with OCD often have fears and anxieties that are kept in check by compulsions. Readers get to see two versions of OCD: hoarding and contamination. I thought this was an interesting choice as it provided different insights into OCD and how it can present itself. Overall, the OCD representation was handled with care and felt personal. I'm not sure what Nguyen's relationship is, but clearly, she holds space for people with these compulsions.

I so wanted to like this book but could not into the storyline. It was well written just not a topic for me

Thank you NetGalley, Dutton, and K. T. Nguyen for the advanced copy of You Know What You Did.

I unfortunately had to DNF this one at 26% due to the description of an incident that happened (I won't go into further details as not to spoil the book). It's a bit of a trigger for me so I am opting not to continue on.

I will not rate this book on any other retail sites aside from NetGalley as I do not feel that is fair when I did not finish the book. I will also not hesitate to pick this author up again in the future.

Wow. This was a really really really good book.
It covers a handful of topics- immigration, OCD, PTSD, infidelity and so much more.

ALSO DIDNT SEE THE PLOT TWIST COMING

Pls pick up this book when it’s released

I absolutely loved this book. There are many twists and turns and the relationship between a mother and daughter was super interesting. When Annie's mother passes away her life slowly starts to fall apart, and she just can't find her way. If you enjoy a wild ride, this is the book for you. There is a little bit of horror and thriller mixed in with the complexities of everyday life. Such a good read and I would highly recommend. Thanks Netgalley for the ARC.

3.5 rounded up.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this book started off strong and ended well enough, but the middle dragged a lot for me. This didn’t really feel like a thriller, and at some point the book just felt incredibly repetitive and I was wishing they would just get to the point.

The main character was really interesting though - despite not liking her, I still felt protective of her character, and I enjoyed reading her perspective. The story really felt like a book on mother/daughter relationships with a little bit of thriller thrown in - maybe if it was marketed differently I would have enjoyed this a bit more.

Crime and horror lovers get ready for a wild ride read! The complex relationships between generational women, emotional struggles, OCD, memory loss, germophobia, and abuse are explored here, so be forewarned about those issues. Annie's mother has suddenly died, and her life is in question by police. As Annie tries to navigate the type of mother she was, she appears to be losing her sanity. Annie's own daughter and her husband are pushing for Annie to get help, as she appears to be spiraling while coping with all that she has on her plate. Annie's mother came to America as a refugee from Vietnam, and I love how that contributed to the effects of the story.
A complex read that leaves you haunted with not only ghosts from the book but how you feel after reading. I'm still dizzy with emotion and cannot wait to read more from this author!

I Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen takes you into the mind of the main character Annie Shaw who struggles with OCD and childhood trauma. Annie has made a good life for herself as an artist with a loving husband and teenage daughter. Annie's world begins to fall apart after her mother suddenly dies and other deadly situations arise.
I loved that Annie was a well developed character and the author made me feel like I was walking in her shoes.

Thanks to this book, I have a new understanding of OCD. The exploration of generational trauma, OCD, mother/daughter relationships wrapped in a thriller with a unreliable narrator kept me invested in the story. I loved how the author wove Annie's Vietnamese mother's story into the book.

The pacing was a little slow in the middle part of the book and there was a little too much jumping around timelines. The ending felt a little rushed as well.

Overall, I did enjoy this thriller and its unique story telling. I look forward to future books by this author.

Thank you NetGalley and Dutton for the opportunity to read the digital copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

4.5 stars.
Parts of this were rough going because it’s told from someone who is not mentally well and was raised by someone who was not mentally well.

Annie has always had a complicated relationship with her mother, who suffered from mental illness compounded with generational trauma after fleeing Vietnam and being horribly disrespected as an immigrant. Medication has helped Annie keep her OCD in check for a decade, but after her mother’s death, the compulsive behaviors and thoughts begin to make daily life challenging. It doesn’t help when her art patron goes missing, and the police seem to focus on her.

The ending made the parts of the story that made me grit my teeth all worthwhile.

NetGalley provided an advance copy of this novel, which RELEASES APRIL 16, 2024.

You Know What You Did is a psychological thriller centered around a main character who suffers from OCD. The beginning of the book is slow, and the repetition of the phrase which gives the book its title feels overly dramatic rather than ominous or intriguing. The pace does pick up as odd events keep piling onto Annie’s tenuous hold on reality, and the story is written in a way that makes the reader question everyone and everything that happens. The lack of development for the secondary characters makes it difficult to form any real connection to them, and as a result, the rest of the story
suffers - it often feels like we’re not getting all of the story in order to allow the author to dump the ending on the reader in a way that feels too tidy and predictable. A passable
mystery/thriller which had great potential, but just didn’t deliver.

The idea for this book was a great plot, however the writing style at the beginning almost made me stop reading about a fourth of the way in. It did pick up after a bit and I did finish. However, I felt as if it was a little predictable and was left dissatisfied.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID
K.T. NGUYEN

Annie grew up in a life of poverty with her mother, a Vietnam War refugee. She was able to work her way up to a dream life to become a successful artist with a lovely home and a devoted husband and daughter. Annie’s mother dies suddenly one night causing her dream life to suddenly come apart. Her obsessive-compulsive disorder, which she thought she had under control suddenly returned causing her obsessive-compulsive behavior to return. Her thoughts become embroiled with disturbing fixations that have negative effects on her family.
A prominent client of Annie's disappears. Annie becomes the center of the investigation. Annie becomes embroiled in how the effect of her problem is affecting others and she loses communication with those closest to her. When she is found in a hotel room next to a lifeless body the police become involved, but Annie has no memory of what happened. She is in panic mode. She doesn’t care what happens to her, she just wants to protect her daughter.
This book is a stunning, nail-biting read that you won’t be able to put down until you finish. This is my first book by this author, and I am looking forward to reading her others.

Even though this book has a thrilling storyline, the characters are what really shined and made this a fun read. I really enjoyed this once it got going. It was a slow start, a bit rough, but after about a quarter way, it sped up and redeemed itself.

You know that Annie struggled from the loss of her mom, but more on how she truly coped about their relationship, showing us both when Annie was young and right before her mom's death. Annie also struggled with her own relationship with her daughter. More interestingly, her downward spiral into her own OCD, and how that could affect in anything and everything revolving her. To top it all off, there were a crime or two that Annie became the center piece in the process.

The book is a lot. Truly, in ways of her struggles inward and outward with people. But once all the foundation of the story was laid out, the author was able to spin the wheel and really got this thriller to move. And the overall outcome, it was a little predictable, but the author really set it up to where you bounced back and forth what was truly happening. It was a great, fun read with such well developed characters.

Pub Date: April 16, 2024

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

The only thing I knew about this book was that it was that it was incredibly hyped with reviews and expected best of lists. I should have read the description because it’s a mystery trope I dislike. The self-doubt and “fractured mind” main character isn’t for me. My rating is based on that I think is fair for people who like this type of mystery. Readers who liked Woman in the Window, Girl on the Train, etc will love this book.

Thank you Net Galley, Dutton and K. T. Nguygen for the opportunity to read the advanced copy of You Know What You Did. This is a horrific, but fascinating trip through the devastation of OCD, PTSD and other forms of mental illness through generations. It was hard to determine what was real or a perception of real to these well developed characters. They kept me on the edge of my seat, cringing and wanting to find out more. There were lots of twists and turns throughout. It wasn't until the end that the truth became apparent. The nonlinear time line was a bit confusing but added to the feeling of a scary fever dream. This was a roller coaster ride, fun from start to finish.

No spoilers because that would be an injustice. Nguyen's debut was a feat in characrter development and storytelling. Being unable to at least guess a little about the mystery was a welcomed change. That's usually why thrillers/mysteries are not my regular read. Had an enjoyable time reading this dark tale of mothers and daughters. Extra kudos for addressing OCD in a respectful manner.

Thank you to PENGUIN GROUP Dutton and NetGalley for providing an eARC for a honest review.

I received an arc of this book through Ditto. press and NetGalley. I enjoyed the book which was more a psychological horror than thriller.

I felt that the quality of the writing was very good. The author was able to put the reader into the mind of Annie, the primary character. Her mother is revealed more through Annie's memories than her own actions. We see the pact of generational insecurities, abuse and mental illness. We get to feel Annie's distress as the world around her disintegrates. I really enjoyed this part of the ride.

The resolution of the novel left me a little dissatisfied. It made the violent scenes seem somewhat improbable. The police appeared intense in the early investigation but seemed to simply accept the final act and Annie and Tabby's "happily ever after" scene seemed a bit blunt and improbable.

Despite the critical tone of my review (I tend to be crabby early in the morning), I did enjoy the book, felt involved in the story and will look for future books by this author.

3.5 / 5 stars.
Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange of my honest opinion.
This is a great debut novel from K. T. Nguyen, it was definitely a good psychological thriller, the only thing I would say is that it was a very slow start for me, but as you get into the story it starts to have a lot of twists and turns. I really enjoyed it.