Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead by Jenny Hollander
Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a "witness" to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve—events known to the public as "Scarlet Christmas"—though Charlie knows she was much more than that.
Krysten’s Review
There weren’t any words for what had happened. It wasn’t that I couldn’t find them, it was that they didn’t exist.
I really enjoyed this book! It was a slow burn featuring an unreliable narrator with a traumatic past and a dangerous secret. I liked how Hollander sprinkled bits and pieces of the event throughout the story, punctuating these flashbacks with major twists that I did not see coming. I did get confused in the end when the truth was revealed—part of it wasn’t spelled out clearly, and the hints leading up to it were very subtle—so I had to re-read that part several times before I understood what happened. I also think the story wrapped up a little too neatly, was a bit too “happily ever after” for a story this messy. But other than that, I really liked the book an will read Hollander’s next release!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a free ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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4.1Overall Score
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead
Nine years ago, Charlie Colbert was a "witness" and a "survivor" of a nightmarish event dubbed Scarlet Christmas—though Charlie knows she was much more than that.