Name: I Know You Remember
Rating: 3.6875 (8 reviews)
ISBN: 9781595148544

Jennifer Donaldson

High school senior Ruthie learns dark secrets about her best friend Zahra who goes missing after Ruthie returns to Anchorage to live with her father.

I Know You Remember

Jeni Enjaian

I remember not being impressed with Donaldson's debut novel either. I wondered, based on the cover art, if she wrote both books before checking goodreads. I did this as I first read because the start of this book did not really read like the other one, at least what I can remember of the other book. I found myself fascinated by the book, right up until the twist. Then, I hated the book. That twist was a cheap trick. Donaldson did not lay the groundwork well at all. An author who imagined a twist like that when starting this story would have laid clues somewhere along the way. Donaldson did none of that. That's why I dislike all of Agatha Christie's mysteries. They may have solutions in her head but she did not lay out the clues in a way that anyone else could pick up. I say the same about Donaldson. The only reason I rate the book two stars rather than one is because Donaldson does have decent prose in the book.

Jennifer Donaldson is back with another twisted thriller perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Sadie. Zahra Gaines is missing. After three long years away, Ruthie Hayden arrives in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska to this devastating news. Zahra was Ruthie's best friend--the only person who ever really understood her--and she vows to do whatever it takes to find her. Zahra vanished from a party just days before Ruthie's return, but the more people she talks to, the more she realizes that the Zahra she knew disappeared long before that fateful night. Gone is the whimsical, artistic girl who loved books and knew Ruthie's every secret. In her place is an athlete, a partier, a girl with secrets of her own. Darker still are the rumors that something happened to Zahra while Ruthie was gone, something that changed her forever... As Ruthie desperately tries to piece together the truth, she falls deeper and deeper into her friend's new world, circling closer to a dangerous revelation about what happened to Zahra in the days before her disappearance--one that might be better off buried. In her stunning follow-up to Lies You Never Told Me, Jennifer Donaldson once again delivers a propulsive thriller with a masterful twist, skillfully creating a world where nothing is quite as it seems.

I Know You Remember

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