First, thank you to the publisher for allowing me to receive an ARC of this book. It is due to release April of 2024. I honestly didn't know what to expect going into this book, but I was intrigued by the description and the cover. So very happy to be given the opportunity to read it ahead of the release.

The story itself had potential but the writing was par and there was just a lot going on. Some of the information was beneficial to the story but a lot of it just felt jumbled together and a lot longer than it needed to be. There were parts that were well done but overall a very slow/sluggish book. The ending was lackluster and very predictable in my opinion. However, it was still an enjoyable twist.

The character development was probably where the author did the best. Plot, writing style, originality is where the story fell short.

A solid 3 star book. Not bad, just not great. Very average. Worth a shot to read but personally wasn't my favorite.

My thanks to #DuttonBooks #PenguinGroup #NetGalley and #K.T. Nguyen for the ARC of #IKnowWhatYouDid. It’s never easy to deal with mental health issues but Nguyen brought mental health to the forefront with I Know What You Did. Struggling with her own OCD, Annie is forced to confront her mother’s failing physical health and declining mental health. A Vietnam War refugee, Annie’s mother is a hoarder – she always has been, but what was once a necessity, hoarding for the sake of feeding her family, it’s now become a matter of health and safety, but Annie’s OCD is keeping her from helping her mother in the ways she needs the most help – and her mother won’t accept help, completing the circle of the mental health crisis. But this book is more than that – a rollercoaster of a mystery, plunging deep into the past then whooshing back into the present with secrets, nightmares, and an ending that really comes as a surprise. Totally recommend.

I loved this book and learned a lot. It took some dark historical twists and turns I wasn’t expecting. Five stars and I will keep this author on my radar.

Starts out a little slow with getting to know the background story about Annie, her mom, her family, her condition. Has a good mixture of drama and suspense in all it was a good read.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC.

This book was a big disappointment. The story focuses on Annie, the daughter of a Vietnam refugee who has a habit of making bad decisions and a history of mental illness. We know about as much as she does as the story progresses and people start dying around Annie and her daughter rejects her. The police get involved eventually and despite appearances Annie insists that she has had nothing to do with any of the tragic events surrounding her.

This story had a lot of potential but the writing isn’t that great and there’s just too many things going on here. Instead of feeling like a mystery, it feels more like a jumble of circumstances that happen to involve crimes. And the twist at the end is neither a surprise nor is it interesting.

A Huge thank you to NeGalley, the publsiher, and K.T. Nguyen for the opportunity to review an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!!

I didn't know what to expect going into this, but was intrigued by the description and the cover.
It was a good book, but just not for me, it didn't stick.

the beginning felt slow to me, there's a lot of back story about Annie, the main character, who is struggling with OCD and the recent death of her mother.

The backstory was important to understand the generational trauma and the rocky relationship with her mother, but it felt dragged out to me.

3 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of You Know What You Did.

When artist Annie Shaw's mother dies unexpectedly, her carefully organized life begins to fall apart.

Tormented by memories of her troubled childhood with a mother suffering from mental illness and struggling to connect with her own teenage daughter, Annie's past comes back to haunt her when a patron of her work is murdered.

Did Annie do it? Or has her mother's ghost come back to wreak revenge?

Annie isn't a likable character though I sympathize with her immigrant upbringing. It's not easy being an Asian face in a white neighborhood, much less a predominantly white state.

I can see Annie's character traits are a result of her difficult upbringing and her personal feelings about her mother, but I wouldn't want to be her friend.

Typical in this genre, Annie is an unreliable character, due to her own personal demons and mental illness, but the narrative got repetitive as she monologued constantly if she was a killer. Did she do this? Did she do that?

People around her don't believe her, her husband seems considerate and loving, but seriously, is he?

Annie's husband is hot, and so is the guy she meets at her daughter's school event. You know this is a book when there are so many hot guys to choose from! That isn't real life!

The writing is good, but the narrative lacks suspense and urgency.

I guessed the identity of the perp, which was hard to suspend disbelief for. I actually shook my head 'no' when I got to that part even though I called it. The whole thing just felt silly.

In the end, I didn't care about any of the characters, nor did I feel the flashbacks into Annie's past added value to the narrative. It felt like the author just wanted to show how difficult life was for Annie and her mother, which is fair, but if this was a story about Annie and her mother, the flashbacks would have felt more meaningful.

This novel had an interesting premise, and I could kind of see what it was trying to do, but it ultimately felt too slow and a bit repetitive.

Firstly, I want to thank Netgalley and the publisher for an early copy of this book.
Annie's mom passes away leaving her to deal with a loss and then the rest of her seemingly perfect life starts to unravel. Everything she knows becomes a mystery and her once under control OCD starts to spiral. Then while dealing with all of this she becomes a suspect in a murder. The story kept my attention just enough because I wanted to find out if she was crazy or a target. The writing is good but some parts of the story seemed repetitive and kind of predictable.

Plot - 3/5 ⭐️'s
Character Development - 4/5 ⭐️'s
Writing Style - 3/5 ⭐️'s
Originality - 2/5 ⭐️'s

"You Know What You Did" was a solid 3-star read. The majority of the plot focuses on Annie's OCD, delusions, and diminishing emotional stability. The author did a great job developing characters and inserting raw emotion into their experiences. The writing is medium-to-fast-paced and easily read within a few days.

Unfortunately, I found the story entirely predictable, following an overdone trope. Annie is an unreliable female narrator with a mental disorder, a less-than-perfect memory, and a doting and supportive husband ready and willing to save the day. I can name at least three other psychological thrillers based on this premise.

If you are looking for a book that explores OCD and the generational effects of mental disorders, "You Know What You Did" fits the bill. But if you are looking for a twisty and unpredictable thriller, choose a different title.

Thank you, NetGalley and Penguin Group Publishing, for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book.

Wow! What a debut by K.T Nguyen! This book and the phenomenal writing will have you guessing all the way through, never sure who to trust or how it will end. Generational trauma is woven with obsessive compulsive disorders in such a respectful way. I loved this unique thriller and can't wait to see what this author does next!

Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an advanced copy.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review. This book gets your attention fork the beginning but I feel like it lulled in the middle. The way the mental disorders were written were really gripping.

If thoughts could kill…

This book is quite dark but I couldn't put it down. I would say it is more horror than thriller. However, the characters and storylines are so layered you can get lost in K.T. Nguyen's world. A great examination of generational trauma. It is rare that depiction of mental illness isn't trivialized or made easy to swallow for readers. Annie's OCD symptoms were real and life altering - not a girl who just wants her room cleaned.

The beginning is a bit of a slow burn - so I would recommend pushing through if you think it is a DNF at first!

Engaging and entertaining. A recommended purchase for collections where crime and thrillers are popular.

This book was alright! It took a bit for the book to get going but once it did, I enjoyed it! Overall a 3 star read for me!

Is this book shelved as horror? Some of the imagery in this book would fit well into that category. The scenes are so grotesque that I’d have to take breaks for the story. I found all the characters unlikeable which also made this a slower read for me. Different manifestations of trauma have an effect on this too. The twists are fun but I felt like the culprit was pretty obvious. So maybe this light weight mystery/horror/mental health novel read 🤪the writing is polished and well paced. I would have like a deeper dive into Me’s life in Vietnam and her journey to America. It was a decent thriller read but I’m not sure I’d recommend to anyone that is triggered by obsessive repulsion, trypophobia, and mysophobia.

Thanks to Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley for my ARC.

3.5⭐️

You Know What You Did had high points and low points. There were points where I really got into it. People are missing, people are dead. Annie doesn't know what happened, why her fingerprints are there, she cant remember anything!

The first part of the book was on the slower side for me. It took me a while to get into it but I also understand there needed to be some character building.

I didn't necessarily enjoy the ending but overall this was a solid suspense novel!

Thank you NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I first want to thank Netgalley and Penguin Group Dutton for the chance to read this ARC. I LOVED it. Serious content warning for OCD, Trypophobia and Mysophobia. I'm lucky enough to not suffer from those (although the things associated with Trypophobia give me anxiety) but if you do suffer from any of this I think this book would trigger you.

I feel like the description really leaves you guessing a little as to what you're in for and that's one of the best things about this book! The twists were amazing. Annie was the most appealing unreliable narrator i've ever read. I felt sick WITH Annie. I felt like I was questioning my own reality while reading her questioning her own reality. The relationship with her mother was so interesting. I finished this book probably a month ago and have just been sitting with it unsure of what all to say about this book.

It basically boils down to I loved it and I feel VERY lucky that I got to read it as an ARC because I think this one is going to be a hit.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book. It started out well but it just didn't do it for me. I kept going but found the chapters confusing and hard to follow. Unfortunately a do not finish for me.

A horror/thriller/intergenerational novel that explores what trauma does to the bond between a mother and daughter. This book can be dark at times, but it is the kind of book that grabs you and holds on and you will finish it in one sitting. Raw emotion, real life struggles and mental illness, will pull you in so close that the reader feels like they (1) know them (2) have empathy for them (3) completely understands how they feel. Thank you @netgalley @duttonbooks @ktnguyen_author for this eARC for my honest review. I have a new must buy author to add to my list!