I found this book hard to get into. Once I started getting a feel for the rythem of the story I thought it might grab me, but not as much as I'd hoped.

I haven't read much about the Lizzie Borden case so I enjoyed this novel immensely. I loved that Sarah Schmidt told Lizzie's story from the perspectives of all those involved and because I'm new to the topic I wasn't fact checking it. I was able to lose myself in terrifically paced richly psychological writing along with the mystery and horror of the crimes. I wish my book club had finished it with me-- I have much to discuss.! Love the cover design, too! Thanks, Net Galley for an ARC! (Posted on Good Reads 2/3/17)

I was intrigued by the premise of this book. Lizzie Borden is someone who I knew only a small bit about, but enough to know that a reimagined story surrounding the murders of which she was accused would likely be interesting. Sadly, it didn't work out that way. The atmosphere in the book is strong. That is usually good in my opinion, but in this book, it was such an unpleasant atmosphere that I just didn't want to go back into it each time I picked up the book. It was unpleasant in an unexpected way. Not in a dark, twisted, violent way like one might expect, but in a subtley, weirdly gross way. That might have been bearable if the plot had kept me interested, but it was so slow. It seemed like nothing really happened. I was just not a fan of this one. Thank you to Netgalley and Grove Atlantic for the chance to read this book.

Wonderful story! Looking forward to reading more by this author!

A really interesting take on historical events. I found myself researching the characters, which I think is always a good sign!

In this "script of loathing", the final days of Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby, are narrated by various players in this tragedy: their daughters Lizzie and Emma, the maid Bridget, Uncle John, and a ne'er-do-well named Benjamin who will do anything for money.

Lizzie was tried and acquitted for the 1892 murders of Andrew Borden and "Mrs. Borden", but this novel shows us that the Bordens were not particularly well-liked, and that any number of suspects might have actually swung the axe.

This DEBUT novel was an engrossing read, as events led to the final outcome.

I read this EARC courtesy of Grove Atlantic, NetGalley and Edelweiss. Pub date 08/01/17

Excellent book. Brilliant characters and really brought that era to life. I would highly recommend this book.

I really wanted to like this book but the author's writing style was very off=putting. The choppy, incomplete sentences were grating and I eventually put the book down. Since I did not finish the book, I do not intend to publish a review.

"Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one."

…or did she?

I adored ‘See What I Have Done’, and would give it 6 stars if I could! I never realised that the Fall River Axe Murders were subject to such continued speculation in popular culture: films, TV movies, books, a short story by Angela Carter…..

Don’t expect a police procedural – in the aftermath of the crime, the police are bumbling fools who compromise the evidence at every turn, and the murders take up little space. In fact, it may be useful to check out the bare bones of the story first; then you can let the prose sweep you along.

The good thing is that this means that those of us who are squeamish need not worry: the author’s focus is not on blood and gore, rather on depicting the rising pressure-cooker of family life in a small community, the psychology of a controlling father, interloping step-mother and two sisters, too close for the comfort of either, with their downtrodden maid, the looker on who sees a great deal of the game.

The writing is poetic, appealing to all our senses. Fingers are ‘wintertwig’, a ring sits ‘like the sun’, while olfactory images abound on every page: hair smells of butter; air smells of blood ‘honey-sweet’ or is ‘kerosene’.

If you enjoyed Margaret Atwood’s ‘Alias Grace’, you'll love this novel. I cannot believe that this consummate work of fiction is, in the publisher's words, an "unforgettable debut". Unforgettable, yes. A debut novel, surely not.

'See what I have done' is a fascinating and engrossing read. A factionalized account of the real-life Lizzie Borden case, Schmidt takes us inside the minds of some of the major players in the events of that infamous day. Schmidt does an excellent job bringing to life the events that happened over a hundred years ago. The case still fascinates, probably because of the mystery that still surrounds what actually happened that day. Was Lizzie guilty? Was she capable of committing such horrific crimes? If she didn't do it, then who did? 'See what I have done' imagines one quite plausible version of how the events played out. Recommended.

Thank you to Net Galley and Grove Atlantic for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review. Many know that I've long been obsessed with the Lizzie Borden story. I've read literally everything written on it, and even spent a night in the Bed and Breakfast that was the Borden home. I crossed my fingers AND toes hoping to get an advance of this one, just because I didn't want to wait. That said, I was initially having a difficult time with this book, because it wasn't matching the history as I knew it, and I kept getting tripped up. I then let that go, decided just to enjoy the writing and ended up liking it a great deal. This title has a very surreal, dreamy quality about the writing. Engrossing, and it thrills me to see this mystery still trendy, even today, so many years later.

This is a look at the famous Lizzie Borden murder case of 1892. There have been so many books written about this case, I wasn’t sure Schmidt would have anything new to add, and while the information about the crime is the same, she provides incredible detail and some interesting insight into the Borden family and their maid