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I Have Some Questions for You

Written by: Rebecca Makkai
Narrated by: Julia Whelan,JD Jackson
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Publisher's Summary

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by TIME, NPR, USA Today, Elle, Newsweek, Salon, Bustle, AARP, The Millions, Good Housekeeping, and more

“Unputdownable and unforgettable.”—Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less is Lost

“Part boarding school drama, part forensic whodunit, I Have Some Questions for You is a true literary mystery—haunting and hard to put down.”—Jennifer Egan, author of Candy House

The riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.

But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought—if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.

In I Have Some Questions for You, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai has crafted her most irresistible novel yet: a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past, with a transfixing mystery at its heart. Timely, hypnotic, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, I Have Some Questions for You is at once a compulsive thriller and a literary triumph.

©2023 Rebecca Makkai (P)2023 Penguin Audio

What the critics say

“I’ve been waiting years for a book like this! You will laugh, think, think again, cry and stay up all night finishing it. Unputdownable and unforgettable. Makkai has written the book of the season.”Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less and Less Is Lost

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This book has it all

Julia Whelan, fantastic plot with just enough sub-plots and characters, sensitive depictions of #metoo, cancel culture,podcasting culture, and more. Loved it.

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Me too. You too. Darkly funny and clever.

Makkah expertly casts shadows of suspicion on all of her characters and explores the tragedy of lives lost in a “Me Too” generation. Cleverly points the finger at all of us: you too.

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Disappointing

Dimensions of the plot had potential but weren’t tied together well. Came across a little scattered.

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*Almost* a masterpiece

This novel is masterfully written, both as a piece of literary fiction and as a psychology drama. The prose is propulsive and the narrative development exceptional and the plot clever. But I felt like it fell short of it's potential, ultimately because it's a story about rape culture and violence against women that is written by a white woman that hinges on the incarceration of a Black man - and that comes through. Mostly, the author owns this discrepancy and the book is actually stronger for it - it's her story and it's real. But it's the end that failed me, and she could have done something so small to fix this. Throughout the whole book, the author uses this strong narrative device of "there was the one where..." and she goes on to describe violent acts against women and the failures of the justice system to protect them. At the end, she SHOULD HAVE done a "there was the one where" with all the Black men incarcerated, murdered or hurt for being falsely accused of hurting white woman. By not doing this one thing, the author ends on a note of rage and hope for all the women (who are almost always implicity understood as white) who experience violence, but denies the complexities of how that hope is instrinctly linked to anti black violence- something the conceit of the book flirts with but never brings to fruition. This oversight left me with a grief for a book I wanted more from.

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  • 2023-03-01

D+ rating couldn’t even finish last half

Maybe the last half got better but in the first half nothing really happened & I just couldn’t get into it after so many attempts.

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  • Pink Amy
  • 2023-02-25

Narration saves this clunky story

Julia Whelan’s narration saved I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I don’t think I could have slogged through this clunky novel if I had been reading words on a page or kindle.

I didn’t feel satisfied with the resolution of the book. I also thought Brodie’s boundaries with her high school teens would have been more appropriate with college students. They weren’t her peers, yet she treated them as such.

To be fair, literary fiction isn’t my favorite genre. I prefer mystery/thriller, dark academia, young adult and women’s fiction. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU had a lot of opining and introspection.

I liked Bodie and agreed with most of her points of view on the importance of #MeToo while not over-indicting every comment and could he misconstrued. A comment can trigger (I hate that word) negative feelings based on life experiences without being inappropriate, which is an issue for therapy, not public denouncement. Similarly. “You look good” can be an innocent compliment or harassment depending on tone and if the person is staring at one’s chest. We need a nuanced approach to examining harassment based on circumstances so we don’t paint one comment under the same umbrella as rape.

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  • Thea Henry-Hamilton
  • 2023-02-23

What a great read!

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Completely engrossing. I was in its thrall and couldn’t put it down.

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  • Kindle Customerttt
  • 2023-02-23

Execellent

Grabbed my attention and held onto it through the end. I rearranged my schedule to finish it in a day. Well written and thought provoking. Worth the credit.

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  • Laura A. McGary
  • 2023-02-23

Must read!

Excellent writing, well developed characters and suspenseful plot line. I would definitely recommend this one!

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  • Dar James
  • 2023-03-10

Out With A Whimper

Ms. Makkai, you had me right there engrossed in your story of intrigue and murder, even with the inclusion of a few too many racial and gender related topics of the moment. The promise of the "twist," was effectively foreshadowed and dutifully delivered but then left to deflate with the most unsatisfying ending. Blah. Just blah.

Save your credit for something else.

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  • Cat Mom
  • 2023-03-10

Oh my goodness!!

Hours of my life I’ll never get back. I kept waiting for something to like about, because I’m not a quitter, but it never came, and then it was over. Don’t waste your credit on this one.

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  • Memory Thornton
  • 2023-03-21

Too long!

It was so hard to push through! good story but could have been said in 4 hours.

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  • cydney numnum
  • 2023-03-16

Really?

I tried. It’s just not good. I had a really hard time following the story because there is more commentary on social issues than actual story. It’s distracting, unnecessary, and in my opinion, lazy. It’s just poorly written. Skip it

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  • Ashley Capps
  • 2023-03-01

Nope

Boring and so full of political propaganda I couldn’t even finish it. This is the only audiobook I have ever returned mid-listen.

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