This started off well and hooked me immediately trying to figure out Charlie's secret, but I quickly lost interest. I am so tired of the unreliable FMC trope. "Did I say that?" "Was it the alcohol or the pills" So if you're ok with that you may enjoy this more than I did. I also thought the ending was underwhelming.

This final girl story is fine. It jumps between present tense and past, to about 10 years before. The main character was present for a bloody event known as Scarlet Christmas. She doesn't remember what happened but knows enough to feel guilty about it. Much of the text is her conversations with her therapist, which I guess are supposed to advance the plot but aren't very compelling. She has a prominent, wealthy fiance and is successful in her own right, but another woman who was also involved in Scarlet Christmas is making a movie, threatening to dredge up the past.

I didn't find this very suspenseful. The reveal was fine. There are many better amnesia/big looming secret/final girl stories out there.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. i purchased a copy for my library.

I gave this one a good try but I just couldn't get into it. I didn't like the main character and I was pretty bored with the plot. I decided not to finish this one and to move onto something else.

This debut was pretty good, though lacking the right amount of suspense. The pacing was pretty good though slow in a few places. The character development could have been better and a bit less stereotypical. That said, the writing was clear and the general storyline was interesting. I rated this four stars despite its flaws because I think this author has a lot of potential and this book is interesting if not perfect.

This was a pretty good book. I read a lot of thriller and crime books. I liked this one. Not too twisty or overly captivating but kept my attention.

This thriller was a twisty road of mediocre. The author really took liberties in trying to confuse us to the point I was confused and not in the good way.

The best would be 2.5 rounded up

Something happened back in college. Lots of people died. And now they want to make a movie about it. Scarlet Christmas is what it was called when it happened
Charlie is trying to forget the past. She is about to get married to a very successful and rich man and doesn't need the past to get in the way of things
Charlie knows more than what she is willing to talk about. Or is it she just blocked it all out. She lied to the cops about what happened. She doesn't even know what happened. She thinks that perhaps she was the one who killed all her classmates. Now, the truth may be revealed with this movie, and Catherine is frightened as to what may come from it

This was a slow slow read for me. I didn't find it to be gripping enough.the characters were hard to connect to, just didn't seem developed enough to engage you.
Overall it was not thrilling enough, and I felt like for the longest time the story is not going anywhere.

3.5 stars. Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny Hollander - The story was interesting, but I feel like it was missing something. I always felt like I was just on the edge of seeing all the pieces, but the full picture just wouldn't clear for me. The main tragic event that the book centers around didn't feel very real or concerning. I did like how it ended, and I'm glad the truth was revealed.

This book had serious potential, but it just fell flat. It was part thriller / part mystery / part women's fiction. If it had really focused on one specific genre, I think it would've been amazing.

My main gripe with this book is the way the main character Charlie's mental health was treated. To me (someone clinically diagnosed with OCD who has worked through various treatments and therapies for it for years), it seemed clear Charlie was struggling with OCD as a result of the trauma she experienced. Throughout the book, she displayed obsessive tendencies, especially around retelling the story of her trauma to her therapist. She scheduled emergency therapy sessions in order to continue telling her therapist the story (a compulsion). I actually think, had Charlie's therapist or anyone in the book, made the connection that Charlie was experiencing OCD symptoms, it would have been a beautiful portrayal of how harm OCD presents itself- constant "what ifs," rumination, questioning if you remember events correctly, fixating on a split second thought and deciding that that thought rules you. At the end of the book, once Charlie found out what happened, she basically never discusses her symptoms again. These constant "what if's" she has about herself throughout the book are basically just left in limbo. I would've loved a part at the end of the book where we see Charlie working through everything she questioned about herself (ideally with a different therapist, because I did not like her therapist in this book lol).

Overall, I don't think there's anything really ~wrong~ with this book. The portrayal of mental health was realistic, I just feel like it was left unexplored. Even though it wasn't my favorite, I still think it was a strong debut and I look forward to reading more by this author. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC.

So I feel like there was a lot going on in this book! Wow! I don’t really know what to say about it. It was moving at an ok pace for me. Maybe a little bit on the slower side but I didn’t hate it. But when it got to the last 20% I was SO LOST. I was like… WHO? Where? What? I mean I like a good plot twist but there was too much going on. Otherwise I say it was a really engaging book!

Unfortunately I was unable to finish this book as the story simply didn't engage me. I found the main character uninteresting and difficult to connect to, although the narration was lovely.

This book ended up just being okay to me. I get a little frustrated with the mystery/thriller trope of the MC has memory loss and her memory slowly returns at the most opportune moments as the story progresses. There are times when I can really get behind books that have these overused tropes, like if I really connect to the characters, but in this book I didn't really care about the MC or the side characters. I found myself getting really frustrated with all of the MC's decisions. Some reveals I did not see coming and found interesting, but by the time I got to them, I was already not really enjoying the journey, The first half was too slow and made me lose interest. I think this will work for a lot of people, it just ended up not being my favorite story.

Thanks to Minotaur Books, MacMillan Audio, Jenny Hollander, and NetGalley for my advanced copies of this book. All opinions are my own!

I'm not really sure how to rate this. I was having a really great time throughout the beginning but I started getting noticeably lost during the last quarter of the book. We follow Charlie (Charlotte) Colbert as she is living her high life after experiencing the traumatic and awful night referred to as "Scarlet Christmas" while in the United States for college.

I think the mystery in this book was really captivating, and I think it had a really great start. Things started getting muddled a little when Charlie was forcing (?) her therapist to see her through the events leading up to and on Scarlet Christmas, which I'm still not sure I really understand the dynamics of, but I'm not a psychologist so maybe it's something that could be done in real life.

As far as the audio goes, while it was well produced, I just don't think this book works very well for an audio. There are so many interviews, emails, time jumps, etc that it's hard to follow without seeing, but I did still ultimately enjoy the story.

The romance between Charlie and Tripp was hard to digest or believe because Charlie was never present with him and they did not know a single significant thing about each other other than their names, titles, and social statuses. I wasn't really sure how it fit in to the story other than the connection with the friend, and I'm glad it resolved the way it did with them. I loved that Charlie ended up getting a dog, and I enjoyed how everything wrapped.

This book just wasn’t for me. I couldn’t get into the story line or the characters. It was too slow for me.

I had some mixed feelings on this one but one of my favorite things about Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead was the dynamic characters. Charlie was such an interesting and complex character. Her mental health really drove the story at some points. This was a very unique slow burn psychological thriller. The plot started to lose my interest halfway through but the wonderful writing helped push me through. Overall this was a gripping psychological thriller and I definitely suggest giving it a try.

Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

I can’t give and will not give this book a full review at this time as I did not finish it. I tried to listen to it but could not make it after about 15 pages. I may try again reading it in the future, but for now it was best for me to not finish it.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for this ARC!

Ok so to start off, the beginning half of this book was great and kept me hooked but then it kinda fizzled for me. Charlie’s character is unhinged in a great way in the beginning but then it just gets old. I didn’t expect the twists in this book but just felt like the ending just wrapped up too nicely and had me saying to myself “why didn’t she just shut up!” because it just felt a bit pointless and rushed. I also think this book had a lot of potential to be a great thriller because the idea behind it is great.

*3.5 Stars*

Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead is a rollercoaster of a mystery on what truly happened the night known as "Scarlet Christmas". Charlie is a survivor of the horrible night at Carroll University that left several dead and has spent the last ten years running from the publicity of that event. Charlie finds out that a new movie is coming out "based on true events" and there are rumors that a possible cover up occurred during the investigation. Charlie believes that she may be involved in the tragic event and is afraid that her lies may be revealed during the film. She must uncover what truly happened that night and figure out a way to stop the film that could possibly destroy her life.

This was a great debut for this author. I did enjoy the two timelines as we figure out what happened to the events that led up to Scarlet Christmas and I was surprised by the overall ending as we figure out what happened that night. My biggest issue with this book was the main character. It just seemed like I couldn't relate to her and didn't understand some of her actions throughout the book.
However, I did enjoy the mystery of Scarlet Christmas and the narrator did a great job in this audiobook.

Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead is out now.

Thank you NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the opportunity to review Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

There were aspects I really liked about this book, but overall it didn't really grip me or surprise me in a way I was hoping for. I will say I was pleasantly surprised by the ending, but I wish the rest of the book was full of little twists and turns as shocking as the ending. I had a hard time connecting with the characters and felt they were definitely missing some development. This had a lot of potential but just fell flat for me in some areas. The plot itself was interesting but not complex enough to really bring you into the story and feel apart of it. Overall, I enjoyed this but think it could have used some work to be truly great. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.