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Ghosts

Dolly Alderton

7.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and...

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The Perfect Nanny

Leila Slimani

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She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in...

fiction thriller

The Truants

Kate Weinberg

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'Where do I find Crime?’ ‘Crime doesn’t have its own section,’ said the librarian without...

Descender, Vol. 2: Machine Moon

Jeff Lemire

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids...

robots space future

When the Lights Go Out

Carys Bray

7.7 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Emma is beginning to wonder whether relationships, like mortgages, should be conducted in five-year...

Literary Fiction Climate Change

We Are Not Like Them

Jo Piazza and Christine Pride

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Not every story is black and white. Riley and Jen have been best friends since they were children,...

Race Literary Fiction Social Justice African American Black Lives Matter

ClareR (6106 KP) rated I Have Some Questions For You in Books

Dec 22, 2025

I Have Some Questions For You

Rebecca Makkai | 2023 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery

6.0

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I didn’t quite know what to make of this novel. It’s a true crime style story, that reads as literary fiction, and the mystery just went on too long. There were a lot of issues to deal with - it was just too busy. I couldn’t even prioritise the order of the storylines, it was as though they were all thrown at the book. What I like about a good crime story is usually the ‘tightness’ of the storyline, and this just didn’t do that. The characters would just deal with one thing, and suddenly something else would be thrown into the mix. It really did test my concentration levels!!

I loved Rebecca Makkai’s previous novel, and I’d had high hopes for this. Will I read her next book? Yes, I probably will - I still remember The Great Believers and know that she has written something I’ve really enjoyed. Just not this book.