This story pulled me in pretty quickly. I loved the interview style writing and enjoyed hearing about what went down from multiple different characters. I always love when there are multiple POVs in a book and each character seems to be hiding something; it makes the mystery more fun to try and figure out. Where the book lost me was with the ending. The ending was a bit unsatisfying because there was such a great build up throughout and mystery in the whole story and then way it ended…was anticlimactic. I just felt like after everything that happened in the book, to end it that way, it needed more drama to match the rest of the book. I still appreciated the book and would definitely read more of the author’s work.

I love a YA thriller and Tell Me What Really Happened did not disappoint! Once I got maybe 25% in, I could not put this book down. The author does a good job telling the story from multiple viewpoints and creating interesting, distinct characters. I will say not every "twist" was a total surprise, but the ending caught me by surprise. I would recommend this book for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.

Overall, I liked this book...I didn't love it but it was ok. After putting the synopsis down in my book journal my main thought was...."riveting, fast-paced" was a bit of an oversell. I MIGHT give it almost "riveting", but when it's all told through police interrogations I'm not sure that qualifies as "fast-paced". I do think the format is innovative but for me it's probably the best part of it.

Five teens go on a camping trip in the local "mysterious" woods. They find an abandoned cabin, they drink, one of them fires a gun, they all go to bed out of sorts with each other. Then one of them is discovered to be missing. Of those left, one of them is a control freak, one is the boyfriend of the missing girl (and only black kid on the trip), one is the control freaks' step-brother who is so far down the bigfoot rabbit hole it's ridiculous and the last one is a former flame of the missing girl-got to represent LGBTQ+ community toO

Thank you Sourcebooks Fire and Netgalley for the arc of TELL ME WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

The concept of this YA thriller really intrigued me and I enjoyed that the format was setup as police interrogating the suspects, but that’s about where my likes ended.

I found all the main characters to be juvenile and quite annoying. The Bigfoot storyline was a bit too much for me and the twist was underwhelming as well. My advice would be to skip this one.

So this was a really quick and relatively entertaining read. The ending didnt feel quite as wrapped up as I would have liked. I love a good mystery, especially one set in the woods and this definitely delivered on that aspect. Overall I give this book 3.75 stars

This was an interesting, somewhat suspenseful YA mystery. The premise and the format worked well and the writing was engaging. However, the police questioning style grew tiresome and I didn’t stay interested. I do know young teens who would love the story, though.

This was such a fun YA thriller. A teenage girl, Maylee, goes missing during an overnight camping trip with friends. The story is told through first person police interviews. I really enjoyed the police interview aspect of the story. Each character has something to hide and potentially has motive to harm Maylee.

Tell Me What Really Happened started off as another cliché thriller. Five friends go camping, only four return. Seen that, been there. Cue the eye roll. But Chelsea Sedoti's amazing writing hooked me from the first page and didn't let me go until the very end. I absolutely love this and wish it gets adapted asap! You will not be seeing Big Foot the same ever again! Or will you? 👀

Thank you to Sourcebooks Fire and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!

Synopsis - five teenagers take a camping trip to nearby Salvation Creek. It'll be perfect. A weekend away from civilization, from parents, from rules. Until Maylee, the one who organized the trip, vanishes in the night. The remaining four teenagers are brought into the police station under suspicion, and they all seem to have different stories of what happened that night. This book is told entirely though first-person police interviews of the four remaining teenagers.

Thoughts - I really enjoyed this one!! It's a perfect and unique YA suspense/mystery novel. I loved the novel's structure; each chapter is divided into another question asked by the police, and each teen's responses make up the whole of the story. You're given bits and pieces of each teen's story and it slowly comes together into a full narrative. It's intriguing to get four different versions of the same story; each character's voice was incredibly unique and well-written. I feel like this would be AWESOME as a full-cast audiobook. It's a quick read because of how often it jumps between the four testimonies. I found myself rifling through it in just a couple sittings. The desire to know how the story ends also kept me reading. I don't want to spoil too much, but this one is great for YA suspense fans and those who enjoy unique storytelling techniques.

I absolutely loved this book! It was written from different POV’s throughout each chapter. It was written so well you really had no idea how it was going to end. My favorite kind of book!

I loved this quick exciting read! I loved how the format was the transcript of multiple people being questioned about what happened. The short chapters kept me turning the pages and with all the twists I read it in practically one sitting! I will definitely be looking for more by this author! I received a free copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED by CHELSEA SEDOTI
POV : The Police Department asking questions of friends of Maylee who were with her the night before.
MAIN CHARACTERS: Police, Maylee, John, Abigail, Nolan, Petra
GENRE: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
Thank you to #NetGalley , the author, and publishers for the opportunities to read #TellMeWhatHappened with honest thoughts and opinions.

Okay, I read this one fairly quickly. It wasn’t really long.I’ve never read a book set up in this type of way. The main character was the police questioning Petra, Nolan, John, and Abigail. The police would ask a question and the one they were asking would answer. It was kinda of set up as all differently points of view, but not really, they are just answering questions the police ask them. I don’t know if that counts as different points of view though, but the way it’s written is it’s the police’s POV as each character is answering the question the police has asked. Anyway, it starts out friends Maylee, Abigail, Petra, Nolan, and John getting ready to leave for a camping trip that Maylee wants them to take together. So, they’re on their way and when they get to Salvation Creek, the place where they’ll be camping, things start happening and going wrong. Nolan is obsessed that there’s a Bigfoot there, because of a previous encounter he had there when he was little. There’s a lot of arguing and betrayal during the trip and then something terrible happens to Maylee. None of them really know completely what did happen, but that’s why the police are questioning them. I don’t really like how it ends. And throughout there’s a lot of confusion for me and I’m kinda still confused. But it still was an interesting read. So if you read , you may get more out of it than me. There was some language, but not enough for you to not be able to ignore and skip over.

3.5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for sending me an ARC of Tell Me What Really Happened in exchange for an honest review.

This story is told entirely through police interview transcripts. It took me a while to get used to this format, but by about 50 pages into the book I didn't think about it as much and it was a quicker read. It was still confusing at times, though, as my brain tried to mesh the four storylines together into one single plot. It was a unique storytelling method, but might've worked better with at least some of it being narrated.

This book is not just a murder mystery, but a story about survival, and one that presents many moral questions as each characters wonders if they did the right thing in the moment. Overall it leads us to wonder just how far would someone would go in today's internet-heavy world to become famous.

I can see some of my students who devour mysteries enjoying this book, and content-wise, there isn't much to worry about with middle school students reading it. It was a good read, thanks!

Holy moly. What did I just read? I devoured this book in one day. I was pulled in from the very beginning. I absolutely loved the writing style in a form of an interview and I felt that the book flowed really well! The characters were so out there and relatable at the same time. And I still don't know how to feel about that ending.... the influencer thing threw me a bit off which is why it lost a star. Just such a overall quick and good read! Highly recommend!

I did not enjoy the narrative style of this one. The entire story is told in interview format from the point of view of several teenagers from a camping trip. Some of the situations are overly dramatic, and not believable for real actions.

I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

This YA who-dun-it has a unique setup that amps up the tension for the reader.
Five teens decided to go camping in the woods around Salvation Creek, an area where a girl went missing in their lifetime. The missing girl doesn’t stop Maylee; she wants to hike, make smores, and enjoy time with her friends. Her friends reluctantly agree, and they head out to the secluded area. Then, sometime around midnight, she vanishes. Now the four others are with the police telling their story and their lies.
The setup for this book is police interviews. At first, it seems strange that it switches between characters within one chapter for the interview, but as a narrative tool, it worked well. Chelsea Sedoti still adds too much information and description for some of the stories. These characters wouldn’t go into that like that in an interview. I did like the inclusion of emotion and how each character’s response showed a lot about the character themselves. The writing setup works, but I have seen many novels do it better.
The novel has an intriguing story, and the setup makes this a page-turner. You really see how each character’s perception is different and how stories can be mixed when they were all there. I enjoyed this as it gave every both truth and unfactual. The novel builds great tension and by the end, you are almost dying (excuse the pun) to find out what happened to Maylee. But the ending is a letdown. Time spent figuring out the characters and their motivations is a waste. The ending is the book’s fatal flaw.
Tell Me What Really Happened is enjoyable but be prepared to be let down by the ending and you may just enjoy it more than I did.

I could not have guessed the ending of this book, it really surprised me. It was easy and fast to read. I like how it changes the point of view. It was fast paced.

I loved the interview style of this book-makes it a really quick and easy read! It kept me guessing all the way until the end!! I definitely recommend this book!

A group of teens go on a camping trip. Maylee goes missing and the story is written from their testimonies point of view. Even while trying to tell the truth, each story is their own view of the situation.. Her best friend, Petra. Boyfriend John. Ex girlfriend, Abigail. And Petras step brother Nolan. Bigfoot stories and spooky stories and events cause the campers extra stress. The woods have past stories of lost girls adding to the drama.

DNF @45%

I am slowly starting to realize that Young Adult Mysteries are just not for me. I was very bored with the characters and over time just did not feel invested in the story. I think the aspect of this being told in the police interviewing these people who could be a part of a disapperance is so interesting.

I thought I could get down with this but I just can't. I'm sure a lot of people would enjoy this though.