You Will Know Me
2016 • 345 pages
Ratings17
Average rating3.5
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Ratings17
Average rating3.5
One of the Best Books of 2016--NPR, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Elle, Thrillist, Men's Journal, Publishers Weekly, Time Out New York, Self and Kirkus The audacious new novel about family and ambition from "one of the best living mystery writers" (Grantland) and bestselling, award-winning author of The Fever, Megan Abbott. How far will you go to achieve a dream? That's the question a celebrated coach poses to Katie and Eric Knox after he sees their daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful, compete. For the Knoxes there are no limits--until a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community and everything they have worked so hard for is suddenly at risk. As rumors swirl among the other parents, Katie tries frantically to hold her family together while also finding herself irresistibly drawn to the crime itself. What she uncovers--about her daughter's fears, her own marriage, and herself--forces Katie to consider whether there's any price she isn't willing to pay to achieve Devon's dream. From a writer with "exceptional gifts for making nerves jangle and skin crawl" (Janet Maslin), You Will Know Me is a breathless rollercoaster of a novel about the desperate limits of parental sacrifice, furtive desire, and the staggering force of ambition.
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It was a challenge not to stay up all night finishing this book - I guessed some plot points fairly early on, but Abbott's writing is so compelling I wanted to keep reading to see whether I was right and how things played out. I had a hard time getting into Dare Me, but this was amazing and strangely frightening.
Domesticity entangled with the banality of evil. Which is more important, the greater good of the group, or the ethical right? The mores of rich suburbia or justice? Protecting a minor or protecting an even younger minor? When the story starts, you as the reader don't even realize there is a spider's web; by the end, everyone's ensnared...and poisoned by the spider. But you're left pondering who the real spider is.
I am surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I knew nothing about competitive gymnastics and it was fascinating to read. This was my first book by this author and I loved her narrative style and how she describes everything. It's unusual and compelling. I did not know where this mystery was going but I thoroughly enjoyed the ride and the outcome.
