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What Happened That Night

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This book was an overall decent read for me. It had the components that you hope for in a thriller but it just didn’t seem to come together for me. Overall a lot of potential but was just ok for me.

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Kudos to the author for doing such a tremendous job in What Happened That Night.

The story finds the town of Shiloh still in shock four months after the murder occurred. There's enough twists to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Please write more books!

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3.8
There are tons of good pieces here, but there are also potentially interesting things that go completely unexplored, which is slightly strange. The sexual violence, while limited, is dramatic.

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What Happened That Night by Deanna Cameron is a surprisingly good read and a wonderful form of creepiness that grabs you and doesn't let me. A simmering plot that pulls you in. Loved this book.

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This book was a DNF for me. I started with an open mind, but I could not finish it. I did enjoy the tone. But there was something strange about the characters and the way it was written.

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Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview What Happened that Night by Deanna Cameron.

This book does start out slow and you must pay attention to the characters in relation to each other. But all in all this is a good mystery. Told in the first person, Clara provides the voice in the novel. She describes life before and after the murder of a neighbor. Clara's sister killed him. Clara tries to find understanding and the truth, and she struggles to provide the answers..

Good story - be patient - the ending is worth it.
3. stars.

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Thank you so much for allowing me to read and review your titles.
I do appreciate it and continue to review books that I get the chance to read.
Thanks again!

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was able to read this book thanks to NetGalley. It was a solid thriller and very fast paced. I was very invested in the characters and their stories. This is a must read for thriller lovers and I will be recommending it to my friends. I hope to see future books from this author in the future. Thanks again to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

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Thank you for providing an ARC copy of this book. I must say that I loved every minute of it. When an author is able to keep me guessing right up until the end, it’s pretty amazing. I loved the characters and how we slowly learned more about each one and what made them unique - their flaws and their strengths. Each person that Clare met along her journey helped her recover and heal and find truth and closure to a very difficult time in her life. I absolutely loved Kolby and though I found Anniston to be rather annoying, somehow it worked.

It also had a creepiness factor that I loved and kept me turning the pages, well done; now I want more.

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This turned out to be a very interesting novel!
Mystery is one of my most favourite genres and if I see any book that looks like a good mystery novel or the synopsis appeals to me, I’m sold. However, with that, there are good mysteries and there are not-good mysteries and I’ve had my fair share of both. What Happened That Night was thankfully not the latter. It gripped me from the start and held onto me for the duration of the book. It withheld information while also giving enough for the reader to not get confused and stay engaged. I really enjoyed this novel; it was written well and delivered well. I rate this book 4/5 stars and highly recommend this book who others, especially to my fellow mystery fans!

TW/CW for book: sexual assault, rape

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The book premise was super interesting to me, but unfortunately it just didn't live up to ny expectations. I was bored about 25% in. I felt like the ending was super ridiculous. This one just wasn't for me.

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I really loved this book in a new to me author. The characters and location really and to the story. I can't wait to read the next one. This book keeps you guessing until the end.

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This book was not what I was thinking it would be. I spent a considerable amount of time confused or uncomfortable. It was interesting enough. There were somethings I was a but confused about, but i ended up having no issues figuring it out.

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This one was very triggery for me. I ended up not finishing it for that reason. There were specific scenes that were so hard to read. The writing was good and the characters were formed well but some of the content was too heavy for me. That is 100% a personal preference and I would still recommend readers to try this one for themselves.

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I assumed the central focus of this book would be on rape culture and the difference between justice and revenge. And that was certainly an element. But it's really more about teen sociopaths than anything else, a theme that I'm not especially fond of. It's far more extreme than revenge. It's characters who are motivate by the pain of others.

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This book was dark and disturbing in content but read like young adult. The characters were high schoolers and their behavior and actions reflected that. The parents as characters though had their own issues and the dynamics added depth to the story. The issue of rape, abuse, psychological abuse and murder were very realistic to me. This might be triggering to some readers. The book flew by and was hard to put down. I liked how the timeline switched from present to before. A four star read for me!

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I read this book in one sitting. I literally could not put it down. The topics in this book are gut wrenching and the emotion and way things are described just stab you right in the heart so I was hooked on that sorry line alone. Then you throw you that every time I thought I knew what was going on I was shook to my core when the truth was revealed. 5 stars. This author is now an auto buy for me

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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Trigger warning: sexual abuse.

The general idea of this book was good, but it got really far into left field and unbelievable. The stuff with Griffin was enough to make the book realistic because I’ve lived some of that. I won’t give any spoilers, but once you move past that, the book kind of lost me.

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I love Wattpad and I was excited to see a book published by them a mystery one at that. Mystery is my favorite genre and this book was amazing it left me guessing all the way to the last page and I’ve been recommending this book the moment I finished this book any Mystery lovers should check this book out.

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Thank you for offering me a copy of this What Happened That Night. I gave it a fair shot to hook me and it didn't hold my interest. That being said, I DNF'd the book after chapter five.

I'm not sure if the down load was messed up on my end, but the format of the draft had all the chapters smushed together, without page breaks for new chapters.

I don't think it would be fair of me to go and review this book on Amazon and Goodreads since books I DNF get 1 star. I don't want to bring the author's rating down.

I originally was really interested in the book because it made me think of the book Speak, where something terrible happened and the character refuses to tell people what happened. I may give this book another shot in the future and if that happens and I finish the book then I will go ahead and rate it on all platforms.

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