You'll Thank Me for This
A Novel
by Nina Siegal
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Pub Date Mar 23 2021 | Archive Date Apr 23 2021
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Description
Twelve-year old Karin is blindfolded and dropped into the Hoge Veluwe National Forest with three other children. With nothing but a few basic supplies and emergency food, the children are tasked with working together to navigate one of the Netherlands' most beautiful and wild locations and return to where their families are anxiously waiting.
Karin quickly finds herself at odds with two of the older teens, and suddenly looks up to see that the other children have vanished. As Karin struggles against the elements to find her way back, she soon realizes that something far more sinister lurks in the woods.
Grace, Karin’s mother and an American married to a Dutch husband, has been nervous about this practice from the start. At first she tells herself the space is good for her daughter, but as the hours begin to tick by and the children fail to arrive at their designated campsite, she becomes certain something has gone horribly wrong.
As Karin fights for survival, and Grace hastens to find her daughter, the night culminates in the reveal of a deadly secret—and a shocking confrontation—that will push each of them to her edge.
Advance Praise
“An adrenaline rush of a novel. I tore through You’ll Thank Me For This by Nina Siegal in one nail-biting sitting. . . . Gripping and fast-paced, this is a novel not to be missed.” —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and This is How I Lied
“When I heard Nina Siegal’s You’ll Thank Me for This was based on the Dutch tradition of dropping kids in the forest to find their own way home—yes, it’s real, and yes, it still happens—I pushed it to the tippy top of my pile. What begins with every parent’s worst nightmare quickly evolves into a twisty, stay-up-too-late stunner, a tense and atmospheric tale that will make you take another look at the people you think you know.” —Kimberly Belle, author of Dear Wife and Stranger in the Lake
“You’ll Thank Me for This is a whirlwind of a novel you’ll tear through in a night. An American woman living in the Netherlands allows her pre-teen daughter to participate in a “dropping,” the Dutch rite-of-passage of blindfolding and leaving your kids in the forest at night to survive. The idea of this is daunting to any parent, but in Siegal’s fast-paced novel, things get even more terrifying than your daughter losing her supply backpack. You’ll Thank Me for This is a smart, scary, and poignant book that you won’t forget.” —Jen Conley, author of Cannibals and the Anthony Award-winning Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry
“An extraordinary, intricately plotted, gorgeously written page-turner. So propulsive that I inhaled it in one sitting. So good that I want to read it again and savor it.” —Michele Campbell, internationally bestselling author of It’s Always the Husband
"A psychologically scorching domestic noir. You'll Thank Me For This, opens with a survival weekend in the woods, and by the end, has exposed the wilderness of mirrors inside each of us. You may never truly know anyone in Nina Seigal's world, but you'll be sure she can make your pulse pound, turn the political into the personal, and write mother-daughter relationships with a rare honesty and sensitivity." —Aly Mennuti, author of Real Fake
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780316703567 |
| PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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Featured Reviews
Lynn B, Media/Journalist
This book is so creepy. It’s based on an ancient custom of blindfolding children and leaving them alone in the woods which is terrifying. I would classify this book is part thriller part horror. Either way it’s an epic read.
Stacie H, Librarian
This is a very fast passed psychological thriller, just when you think you have it figured out you turn the page and realize you are wrong. There is an under tone of the mother daughter relationships in this story, also the adolescence coming of age saga that we all have been through. I was able to read this in one sitting, I need to reread it and absorb more of it. Great story, will be recommending this to a lot of different readers.
Tracee G, Librarian
I had to verify that it was a Dutch tradition where parents drop their kids in the forest to find their way home. Yes...it's real. I honestly couldn't believe it but it made me grab this book and I'm sure glad I did. It kept me up late reading to find out what was going to happen.
Meghan S, Librarian
This book was received as an ARC from Mulholland Books in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.
Usually I am not a fan of thrillers but when I read this book description, somehow I was attracted to this storyline. As I read I could not help but think Revenant meets Hunger Games because of the survival skills and finding your way through the woods to the promise land. I admire the courage and determination Karin had throughout her journey all to be reunited with her mother. Then the twist of the century happens and Karin is blindsided and wonders what the purpose even was. I know there will be a cult following for this book and it definitely left my heart racing.
We will consider adding this title to our Adult Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.
Paula H, Reviewer
When I first started this I didn't realize this was based on true event! The Dutch really do this! I immediately became fascinated and enthralled! It left me in awe, shock and on the edge of my seat! I've already mentioned it several times in my fb group and many are anxiously awaiting the release date lol. My only question is assuming they still do this, will they take a "slightly older child" of 23?? LOL
Joni O, Reviewer
Such an intense mystery. It starts following Karin a 12yo girl attending a dropping (a Dutch tradition of scouts being blindfolded and dropped into a forest and having to find their way to a campsite) and everything that can go wrong, does. Karin used to visit the forest that she’s dropped at with her father before he passed away so she at least is somewhat familiar. Throughout the book it goes between Karin (the 12yo) and Grace (her mom) and what is happening to them over this night. It’s a wild ride I couldn’t wait to figure out what was going to happen. This is a well written intense mystery. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Linda S, Reviewer
There is a Dutch scouting tradition known as a “dropping”, in which groups of children, generally pre-teenagers, are deposited in a forest and expected to find their way back to base. It is meant to be challenging, and they often stagger in at 2 or 3 in the morning.
In some variations of the challenge, loosely based on military exercises, adults trail the teams of children, but refuse to guide them, although they may leave cryptic notes as clues. To make it more difficult, adult organizers may even blindfold the children on their way to the dropping, or drive in loop-de-loops to scramble their sense of direction.
This is the story of 12-year-old Karin, blindfolded and dropped into a national forest with three other children. With nothing but a few basic supplies and emergency food, the children are tasked with working together to navigate one of the Netherlands' most beautiful and wild locations and return to where their families are anxiously waiting.
This is the story of what can go horribly wrong during one of these excursions.
The story is well written with outstanding characters. Twist and turns abound in the swirling mist of mystery involving deadly secrets, lies, cover-ups. Riveting from start to finish with an unexpected conclusion.
Many thanks to the author / Mulholland Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
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