I found "Tell Me What Really Happened" by Chelsea Sedoti on NetGalley a few days after screenshotting it from another book blog, and I thought "why the hell not."
["There are stories about the woods around Salvation Creek, about the people who have gone missing. Now their friend is one of them. A riveting, fast-paced YA mystery told entirely through first person police interviews of four teens over the course of a few hours.
It was all her idea. They would get away from their parents and spend the weekend camping. Down by Salvation Creek, the five of them would make smores, steal kisses, share secrets.But sometime around midnight, she vanished.
Now the four friends who came back are under suspicion―and they each have a very different story to tell about what happened in the woods.
The clock is ticking. What are they hiding? Who is lying? Dark truths must come to light if their friend is to be found..."]
This book was SOO creative. It's told solely in the form of police interviews. Each chapter is a new question, and each of the characters answer the question and bounce off of each other's answers (even though they're in separate interrogation rooms). It was fun and quirky and an easy read (and a quick one).
The characters are like the detention in "The Breakfast Club," all a little different and quirky and sus. Also, not going to lie, didn't really like a few of them (unreliable narrators always make reading--especially thrillers/mysteries--all the more interesting).
I just...I'm not sure how I feel about the ending. It's (obviously) a twist, and one no one will see coming, but holy fuck. Holy. Fuck. Like, it nailed the shock factor, FOR SURE. But am I satisfied? Maybe I need to sit on this for a while.
Purchase your copy of "Tell Me What Really Happened" on April 4, 2023.
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