What a read! I always love doing an occasional true crime read, because no matter what the crime, they're always the books that stick with you the most. We Thought We Knew You is no exception, as we explore the lives, secrets, and betrayals of the Yoder family and how they all fell apart.
Without a doubt, the best part of this book was around the 200-page mark. The puzzle pieces are starting to come together, the investigators are starting to lean more into the suspicious death, with the suspects being Bill, Adam, and Kaitlyn. We do kind of know how it will all end up, but it's thrilling nevertheless watching the suspicion switch back and forth between each character.
Unlike other true crime I've read, We Thought We Knew You is truly written like a Dateline episode. It has a third-person narration and we get often direct quotes from the characters themselves. This was refreshing to read at first, but it did slow the pace of the first third of the novel.
In the end, a must-read for people who enjoy true crime. One of the worst things in the literature world is an author not doing enough research about the topic they're writing on, and gladly this book does not fall victim to that. To people who enjoyed We Keep The Dead Close.
Without a doubt, the best part of this book was around the 200-page mark. The puzzle pieces are starting to come together, the investigators are starting to lean more into the suspicious death, with the suspects being Bill, Adam, and Kaitlyn. We do kind of know how it will all end up, but it's thrilling nevertheless watching the suspicion switch back and forth between each character.
Unlike other true crime I've read, We Thought We Knew You is truly written like a Dateline episode. It has a third-person narration and we get often direct quotes from the characters themselves. This was refreshing to read at first, but it did slow the pace of the first third of the novel.
In the end, a must-read for people who enjoy true crime. One of the worst things in the literature world is an author not doing enough research about the topic they're writing on, and gladly this book does not fall victim to that. To people who enjoyed We Keep The Dead Close.