Where do I begin with this one? My eyes are still gritty from being unable to put this down last night. I just had to finish it. Not many books make me do that these days.
Our story is told across several time lines, but is easy to follow. He Said, She Said follows the lives of 4 people who lives become entwined in one fateful moment at a festival watching the solar eclipse in 1999.
I was fascinated by the references to eclipses that form the backdrop and structure of the book. This isn't really part of the plot though, just a clever way of telling the story.
An exaggeration under enormous stress has huge consequences over the following years and the suspense built to the point where I couldn't put it down.
There is a major twist though about 3/4 of the way through the novel and we come to realise that the characters we thought we knew were not what they seemed.
The characters develop well over time and their actions are plausible for their age at each stage.
I was not completely bowled over by the ending, which seemed slightly contrived. However, it was not enough for me to reduce my rating - what went before was outstanding. I will be reading more by this author.
Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and not altered by this fact.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book, I really enjoyed this one. It had me on tender hooks. The storyline was outstanding, the twist was brilliant. A remarkable thriller told from both points of view, very well written. Would definitely recommend this to anyone.

The book gets off to a good start but I'm afraid I found the characters and time jumps to reveal the plot just didn't hold my interest. The antics of the characters taking drugs and enjoying hippy festivals just didn't make them likeable enough for me to care. I persevered I just wasn't interested enough to find out what happened at the end.

I stayed up late two nights to finish this one and it was fantastic. A great psychological thriller that had twist after twist after twist...and usually I can see a twist coming but two of these REALLY threw me for a loop. I had no idea who to trust or what was really the truth and THAT is what I felt worked so much in this story, plus a cast of characters that leapt off the page and into my head. Five stars!

HE SAID/SHE SAID is a novel that keeps you reading into the night. I loved the complexity of the characters, and was amazed at the different ways 2 people can remember the same events. I recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of the TV show THE AFFAIR.

I absolutely loved this book! The tension ramps up with time jumps and fantastic dialogue. Deeply unsettling and unputdownable!

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC.
As so many people already gave an outline of the plot, I will not do that. I would like to focus on what I felt reading the book. He Said/She Said being my first Erin Kelly book, I didn’t know what to expect and part of the fun for me is not looking up any information about the book or the author before I start reading.
I happen to like this kind of books immensly; with very few people, who’s lifes become intertwined (so not with a new character on every page), with few locations (so not characters that keep travelling all the time), set in ‘then’ and ‘now’ and with a new twist in the plot when you least expect it. Not that I would like to be all books like this, but when such a book is well-written I really enjoy reading it.
Of course I can see a few points which make me rate this book 4 instead of 5 stars. First, most of the twists in the plot are after the first half. Second, although we read extensively about the main characters, I still do not have the feeling I really got to know them. Good guys or bad guys, they are all a bit flat.
So, this is not the best book I’ve read in a long time, but it is very entertaining, well written and of course, it gives good insight in even nowadays justice isn’t always just…

Erin Kelly is one of the classiest writers around and He Said She Said well up to her usual standard. She has a wonderfully lyrically style but yet manages to keep you turning the pages. An intelligent psychological thriller with a great twist.

This was a really gripping and twisty story that kept me guessing right until the end. It's central event takes place at a festival in Cornwall and the implications that this has for the lives of all of those involved. Erin Kelly explores sensitively the issue of rape and how it is handled by the criminal justice system. This isn't the only focus though; the story is also about truth in relationships and what people really know about others. The characters are believable and I found the plot details about solar eclipse watching very interesting. This strand of the story with shadows covering up the light worked well in the context of the whole. Erin Kelly can always be relied upon to provide a good read. This is no exception. It really does contain "gasp out loud" moments, and I thoroughly recommend it.

Fantastic thriller weaving his and hers points of view which keeps you guessing until the end.

A couple whose interest is Eclipse chasing are targeted by a woman with a grudge against them. Fast moving novel that kept me guessing - was the villain a villain or not? Enjoyable and a great read.

I only discovered Erin Kelly earlier this year after reading her debut novel The Poison Tree which was released back in 2010. I loved the characters and the depth she gave them in her first novel and I particularly felt that with Laura and Kit in He Said/She Said. Her writing is going from strength to strength!

Laura and Kit are eclipse chasers. Kit has been obsessed with the stars and astrology since he was a child and he has made it his lifelong mission to witness every eclipse he possibly can, even it means travelling across continents. I loved Erin’s unique idea of using this as a backdrop for the story which fed into every part of the book. I felt that it really gave the novel a spooky atmosphere, giving you the sense that anything can happen when the world turns dark. He Said/She Said is a very atmospheric piece of work.

When Laura and Kit stumble across a violent act on a young woman during an eclipse festival in Cornwall in 1999 they have no idea how much of an emotional impact that this chance meeting will have on the rest of their lives. This, in my opinion, is where Kelly’s writing is at its finest when she entwines her character’s lives; this idea reminds us that we don’t really know what is going to happen around the corner and that the future is full of uncertainty.

I think my favourite scenes from this book were the court room scenes in which Laura and Kit and the victim, come under fire from the defendants lawyer. I have watched many courtroom dramas on TV, but I still find it shocking to see how these people can attack a victim of a heinous crime; what I can never quite get my head around is how they are allowed to get away with it.

The only scenes I did find a little slow to get through was when Kit was on board the Princess Celeste in today’s time period. But Erin built up the tension marvelously and she made me question what had happened with her characters in the last fifteen years to get them to this point. I raced through the second half of the book as the novel drew towards its climatic close.

I’m sure that He Said/She Said will be one of THE books of 2017 that everyone will be talking about and it deserves to be a hit. Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book to review. He Said/She Said is out in April 2017.