This is my first Louisa Luna book. I had a challenge flipping back and forth between narrators at first so some of the beginning was a little lost but by 1/4 in i was hooked. I liked the development of Caroline’s character. It kept me trying to find ways to like her despite her judgmental and manipulative nature

I was very intrigued by the premise of this book but unfortunately it did not live up for me. I was not able to get into it and had to DNF.

I love Louisa Luna’s Alice Vega series so I was super excited to read her new stand alone novel. Dr. Caroline Strange is a psychiatrist in Brooklyn who has a large and successful practice. A new client named Nelson Schack arrives for an appointment and confesses to Dr. Caroline that he is going to kill someone and that he knows who she really is… after these revelations, he disappears. Soon after, Caroline hears of the disappearance of a journalist who had written an article bashing Dr. Caroline and finds that she is now the prime suspect being investigated by the police. Knowing that the illusive Nelson (who also goes by Billy) may be behind the journalist’s abduction, Dr. Caroline begins her own investigation into matters. Having a tragic past herself, the novel jumps between timelines to show what the young Caroline endured as a child and how it may figure into the events currently happening present day. This was a twisty read that kept me guessing as to the guilt or innocence of Caroline. Everything comes together with a frantic, climactic, and truly satisfying ending.

Louisa Luna writes a strong concept for a psychological thriller. I thought the idea of a psychiatrist and patient worked well and was a terrifying concept. I thought the characters worked well in this universe and I wanted to get to know them in this story. I was never bored when reading this and thought it worked in keeping me guessing until the end. It had a suspenseful feel and was invested in everything happening.

Tell Me Who you Are is my first Louisa Luna book and now I can’t wait to read all her books! Tell Me Who You Are is a phycological thriller that had me riveted and kept me guessing right until the end. Dr Caroline Strange is a psychiatrist with a dark past. A new patient says to Dr Caroline that he wants to kill someone and that he knows who she is, the thrill ride begins. Dr Caroline is peculiar and an unreliable narrator . This is not a run of the mill mystery.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Caroline who is a doctor, gives us insight into some of her patients. The police talk to her about a local woman who is missing. I liked this book, but I became bored at times.

I love Louisa Luna - ever since I got an earlier book of hers from Book of the Month years ago. I’ve been lucky enough to advanced copies of her last few and her latest is just something different altogether.

Told mainly through the lense of Dr. Caroline, a high priced psychiatrist dealing with a variety of patients with all levels of psychological issues - from the bored and lonely to the latest - a man who claims he’s planning on killing someone starving them to death.

A cat and mouse game to figure out who this man is, is the woman real and is Caroline telling the truth?

Thank you to NetGalley and MCD for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.

Big fan of the Alice Vega series, not so much of this book. Tried several times to get into it without success and stopped at 30%. I was skimming way too often. Didn't like Caroline at all, and what was up with her husband only calling her Doctor? That was weird. I don't normally mind multiple POV but in this case I just kept waiting for someone to get to the point.

It was a rather interesting read. It did not completely pull me in unfortunately, and I can’t really explain why. I felt disconnected from the main character, but I still thought she was somehow intriguing. The plot is actually quite different from the kind of thrillers I usually read. And it was nice. I did guess most of the reveals and twists but it did not bother me at all.

Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for a honest review.

I was really intrigued when I read the premise for this book. The idea of the book seemed so interesting and I was ready to dive right in.
Dr. Caroline is a Psychiatrist when one of her patients (Nelson) says he knows her secrets and he is also going to kill somebody. Little did she know the police were coming to look at HER as the suspect of the crime. Things to me seemed to go off the rails. There are chapters from Caroline’s pov (which were my favorite), Ellen, and Gordon (a guy from her past). I couldn’t get on board with any of these characters to be honest. Buttttt Gordon’s chapters were so boring and repetitive I was starting to skim …..
Overall this book just didn’t do it for me. It was extremely slow, unlikable characters, and I wasn’t surprised or impressed by the ending.
Perhaps my expectations were too high going in, but the execution of this book wasn’t what I had hoped for..
Thank you to Netgalley and Farrar, Straus, & Giroux MCD for the ARC!

I was excited to read this as I had read Luna's Alice Vega series previously and really enjoyed it. This was a bit different- a stand alone thriller/mystery. Luna writes very well- definitely a cut above your standard mystery writing- and that was definitely the case here. I will say the story/mystery and wanting to know what was happening hooked me easily. I finished the book in basically a day and that is NOT common for me these days.
The story is told from some different points of view- I wouldn't say any of the characters grabbed me, or that the main protagonist, Caroline Strange, was likeable however that was kind of besides the point. It kept me hooked wanting to get to the end and find out what happened and how things tied together- there is a lot about Caroline's past, told through both her and another character's POV, and it gets into what kind of person Caroline is and questions what she may be capable of.
The downside for me was I found the end unsatisfying and anticlimactic- to me the payoff wasn't very good. However, a very readable, interesting read that definitely quickly hooked me and kept me hooked!

I would like to thank NetGalley and MCD for providing me with an advance e-galley of this book in exchange for an honest review. Look for it in your local and online bookstores and libraries on June 4, 2024.

Louisa Luna is a fantastic thriller writer so I was thrilled to read the ARC for "Tell Me Who You Are." This book is full of fantastic and frightening characters with a plot that keeps you guessing. Fast-paced, compelling, and unputdownable. Highly recommended. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

This book was fascinating for many reasons: the story, the locale (I live in the next neighborhood over from Park Slope so know it well...), and the characters. I'd never heard of the author before but would definitely read other books she's written.

Think: dark, secret pasts. Lots of marital compromises, in an upper middle class setting (the main character's husband cheats and she knows it.); psychotherapy (she works as a therapist); self transformation; mental illness; first world problems. These make for a very interesting read. Claire, the main character, is not sympathetic and, as a well-groomed, urban therapist she's like a dime a dozen, but that doesn't matter: her secrets make her interesting. I'd recommend this book if you're interested in any of the themes I mentioned above.

This is a psychological thriller with a lot of depth and intelligence. It moves slowly but builds. It is a unique storyline, told from the viewpoint of three people, over two timelines. A therapist with lots of secrets, a woman who has been kidnapped and the prior neighbor of the therapist when she was a young teen. Disturbing and thought provoking and very interesting.

📜Tell Me Who You Are
✍️Louisa Luna
📠Farrar, Straus and Giroux
📚Mystery/Thriller, Fiction
🗓️Pub date: June 4, 2024

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✨Thank you @NetGalley and @fsgbooks for providing me with an Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

✨When Brooklyn psychiatrist, Dr. Caroline Strange, sees a new patient, Nelson, for the first time, she is surprised to hear him say that he’s going to kill someone and he knows who she really is.

✨Chalking the revelations up as untruthful, Caroline is surprised to receive a visit from a pair of detectives the following day. Somehow, Caroline has become the prime suspect in a missing persons case, a woman she had ties with long ago.

✨Realizing that she is her own best bet, Caroline races to uncover the truth and figure out who Nelson really was, the dangers she may be in, and if she can ever outrun her past.

✨I liked bits and pieces of this. There were times I was confused with timelines and characters. There was also quite a bit of covid-related dialogue that I felt could have been skipped altogether.

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While I'm not the biggest thriller reader, if you ask me for a thriller recommendation, I will immediately say LOUISA LUNA!!! I have been obsessed with her Alice Vega detective series, and was not disappointed with her first (for me) stand-alone book. I went in blind and went on SUCH a roller coaster with this fun, page-turner of a novel. This book has everything: an unreliable narrator, multiple personality disorders, multiple POVs that are actually super fun and surprising, and twists and turns that will leave you speechless.

This book may not be for everyone, I'm sure it's similar to a lot of big thrillers that I've missed but I admire Luna's audacity in finding plot twists that are both surprising and still make sense. It's a bit fantastical, but I really really had a lot of fun. A psychiatrist (Dr. Caroline Strange, what a name!) has a dark past which is brought up unexpectedly by a new patient one hers - ones that also tells her he plans on murdering someone soon. As the reader, though we are in the heads of the characters, we are still left in the dark for most of the book, trying to figure out the mystery and going back and forth between time (in a good way!) to help solve the crimes, both from the past and the future. I can't recommend this fun book enough, as well as anything else Luna has written!

Very well written. Enjoyed the dual timeline and found that I was speeding through the book to find out what happens. Well written and I would consider this book a very fun ride. Loved the way the plot flowed.

An unreliable narrator, a woman in captivity, a creepy villain who seems to suffer from multiple personality disorder - wow, that's a list of thriller tropes I really dislike.

But I really love the way Louisa Luna writes, so I had to read this book.

It's well-paced and thought-provoking, but the real star of it all is the irritating, complicated, and ultimately fascinating character of Dr. Caroline, the therapist who seems to mostly despise her patients (she gives them snide nicknames) and who thinks she's the smartest person in the room - certainly more capable than the police who wonder what she might have to do with a missing person, a journalist who put her on a clickbait listicle of the worst doctors in Brooklyn. Given the woman's cynical and self-aggrandizing personality, it's hard to blame the cops.

In the course of the story we get the perspective of the missing journalist in captivity (disturbing) and the viewpoint of the therapist's adult neighbor when she was a child in Wisconsin, where a terrible crime happened (even more disturbing). Seeing Dr. Caroline as a messed-up manipulative teen adds depth to an already complex character with a memorably snarky voice. It's all nicely plotted and if the bad guy is a bit of a loony cipher, all the other characters are vividly drawn, with distinctive personalities and voices.

Finding out who these characters are is a dark and delicious treat.

Huge Louisa Luna fan! This book is about Dr. Caroline Strange, a therapist who has an odd encounter with a new patient that causes turmoil as she tries to figure out what it means. We also go back in time to learn about a family murder that she was a a neighbor to. It was a quick read and I didn’t want to put it down!

I received an early copy through Netgalley but all opinions are my own.