Give Me Your Hand
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3.5
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Megan Abbott
A life-changing secret destroys an unlikely friendship in this "magnetic" psychological thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me and The Turnout (Meg Wolitzer).You told each other everything. Then she told you too much.Kit has risen to the top of her profession and is on the brink of achieving everything she wanted. She hasn't let anything stop her.But now someone else is standing in her way: Diane. Best friends at seventeen, their shared ambition made them inseparable. Until the day Diane told Kit her secret -- the worst thing she'd ever done, the worst thing Kit could imagine -- and it blew their friendship apart.Kit is still the only person who knows what Diane did. And now Diane knows something about Kit that could destroy everything she's worked so hard for.How far would Kit go to make the hard work, the sacrifice, worth it in the end? What wouldn't she give up? Diane thinks Kit is just like her. Maybe she's right. Ambition: it's in the blood . . .Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award
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Author
Megan Abbott
Pages
352
Publisher
Little, Brown
Published Date
2018-07-17
ISBN
031654728X 9780316547284
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"During her formative years, a high school friend shared a horrendous secret with her, now years later, she has to work with her…."
Merry
"Overwrought, pretentious, extremely slow paced. Stupid plot twists and unbelievable characters."
Sarah Brown
"Boring. Stupid. Nothing tied together in a way that made any sense. "
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Brandy Schluterman
"The pacing was too slow for a psychological thriller. And the epilogue just did not fit correctly."
Ricki Marking-Camuto
"This book was boring. I only finished it because I had already started it and kept thinking it would get better. It didn’t. Not a fan of this one. "
Ashley Werner
"The climax was a little anticlimactic. I give it a 6 out of 10."
Amy Mcnutt
"This book really disappointed me. The characters are flat and boring, and their reactions to everything are unbelievable. Particularly egregious is the guidance counsellor who suspects a pupil killed their father, warns a scholarship committee but then never talks to the authorities? More concerned with the integrity of the women in STEM scholarship than her duties as a guidance counsellor I guess. The entire setup to get to the pivotal moment is ridiculous.<br/><br/>Extremely slow-moving plot, a lot of boring navel-gazing of the Sylvia Plath Tumblr quotes women-are-insane-because-of-blood variety. Implication that people with mental illnesses are dangerous and can only help people by dying."
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"Absolutely amazing! I love the plot twists!"
Abbie Hogan
"An interesting read about dark and intelligent women. Rivalry, secrets, and regrets. "
Brooke Stanley
"Loved the science/research setting, and the twisted psychology behind the relationship between the two main female characters."
Sara
