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rmarcin's review against another edition
5.0
The more I think about this book, the more I like it. This is a cleverly written and carefully nuanced book about a family with secrets, and one young woman who paid the price for the secrets.
The MacAllister family runs a summer camp, and 20 years ago, there was a terrible tragedy. Now, gathered together to memorialize their parents, the family needs to come to grips with the tragedy, testing their long-held beliefs about the tragedy. A lot is at stake, including the future of the camp.
This family struggles to understand what happened 20 years ago, but in deciphering the mystery, they come face to face with secrets that have been held close for many years - and many of those secrets were founded on something that wasn't true at all.
The suspense level is high in this book, and while you know that the actual perpetrator is one of the people in the family, your suspicions constantly get proven wrong. This will keep you guessing to the end. There are several surprises in the book - and character development changes your mind more than once about a particular character.
Very well done!
#IllNeverTell #CatherineMcKenzie
The MacAllister family runs a summer camp, and 20 years ago, there was a terrible tragedy. Now, gathered together to memorialize their parents, the family needs to come to grips with the tragedy, testing their long-held beliefs about the tragedy. A lot is at stake, including the future of the camp.
This family struggles to understand what happened 20 years ago, but in deciphering the mystery, they come face to face with secrets that have been held close for many years - and many of those secrets were founded on something that wasn't true at all.
The suspense level is high in this book, and while you know that the actual perpetrator is one of the people in the family, your suspicions constantly get proven wrong. This will keep you guessing to the end. There are several surprises in the book - and character development changes your mind more than once about a particular character.
Very well done!
#IllNeverTell #CatherineMcKenzie
1neverendingtbr's review
4.0
3.5 stars. I liked this story but I started to lose steam about half way through. I was ready to get to something good. I mostly had it all figured out so the ending was just ok. All in all I liked the book.
lisagray68's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
nightshiftreads's review against another edition
4.0
I love a good mystery and I’ve found lately that I love books set at summer camps - I’ll Never Tell is a twisty suspense read that combines both of these and left me questioning every character and their motives!
I’ll Never Tell focuses around the five MacAllister siblings, gathered at the summer camp run by their parents. All five are there for a reading of a will after their parents’ sudden, accidental deaths. Each believe their parents will simply give them an equal share in the camp and each has their own different opinions regarding what should happen to the camp. Mr. MacAllister surprises everyone by stating the children can only receive their share of the trust after they investigate a horrible crime from twenty years prior, when a camp counselor was found bludgeoned in a canoe on the lake.
This books keeps such a quick pace by flipping between each sibling’s point of view as well as flashbacks from the bludgeoned counselor leading up to her attack. I loved how the end of each chapter further establishes a timeline of each siblings whereabouts on the night of the attack. It kept me guessing who the attacker was until ALMOST the end, but I loved how the book so strongly portrayed the ties that bind families and the secrets they keep both from each other and also to protect each other. I’m thankful to NetGalley for providing me an advanced copy of this book - this would make a perfect vacation read so check it out in June if you’re looking for a twisty summer mystery!
I’ll Never Tell focuses around the five MacAllister siblings, gathered at the summer camp run by their parents. All five are there for a reading of a will after their parents’ sudden, accidental deaths. Each believe their parents will simply give them an equal share in the camp and each has their own different opinions regarding what should happen to the camp. Mr. MacAllister surprises everyone by stating the children can only receive their share of the trust after they investigate a horrible crime from twenty years prior, when a camp counselor was found bludgeoned in a canoe on the lake.
This books keeps such a quick pace by flipping between each sibling’s point of view as well as flashbacks from the bludgeoned counselor leading up to her attack. I loved how the end of each chapter further establishes a timeline of each siblings whereabouts on the night of the attack. It kept me guessing who the attacker was until ALMOST the end, but I loved how the book so strongly portrayed the ties that bind families and the secrets they keep both from each other and also to protect each other. I’m thankful to NetGalley for providing me an advanced copy of this book - this would make a perfect vacation read so check it out in June if you’re looking for a twisty summer mystery!
erincataldi's review
4.0
I adored the layout of this book. Full of twists and turns, with measured and calculated flashbacks that slowly, painstakingly reconstruct that fateful night twenty years ago. What happened to Amanda?
After their parents sudden death the McAllister kids meet back at Camp Macaw to find out whats in the will. Between the five kids, they have no idea whats in store for them. They assume they will have to take a vote on what happens to the summer camp, a veritable gold mine of property, but none of them are prepared for what's really contained in their father's last will and testament. They have to find out what happened to Amanda, no more secrets, no more lies. They have to own up to what there were all up to that last fateful night. As the only brother, everyone always wondered if Ryan had something to do with it and most still wonder now. Over a period of two days, the secrets start to become unburied and they all realize that they had more to do with what happened to Amanda and its cover up then any of them could have ever imagined. Dark, twisted, and compelling, this page turner is a must for fans of dark thrillers!
After their parents sudden death the McAllister kids meet back at Camp Macaw to find out whats in the will. Between the five kids, they have no idea whats in store for them. They assume they will have to take a vote on what happens to the summer camp, a veritable gold mine of property, but none of them are prepared for what's really contained in their father's last will and testament. They have to find out what happened to Amanda, no more secrets, no more lies. They have to own up to what there were all up to that last fateful night. As the only brother, everyone always wondered if Ryan had something to do with it and most still wonder now. Over a period of two days, the secrets start to become unburied and they all realize that they had more to do with what happened to Amanda and its cover up then any of them could have ever imagined. Dark, twisted, and compelling, this page turner is a must for fans of dark thrillers!
sleepysamreads's review
2.0
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Special thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
I’ve been really loving thriller mystery books recently. The cover and the summary drew me to request this book. Unfortunately, I didn’t love this one.
5 siblings gather after their parents die to hear who will get ownership of the summer camp their parents have ran for the last 30 or so years.
What they didn’t expect is that to find out what happens to the camp, they will have to solve who attacked and assaulted the oldest daughter’s best friend 20 years ago.
I felt like there was just too many characters. Especially the sisters. They all had unique enough personalities, but all their voices sounded the same and I struggled to keep who was who straight throughout the entire novel.
There was too much speculation and blame. I hate how at one point every single person is expected to have committed the assault. I know that’s pretty normal in these type of books, but this one seemed to be a bit too much to me.
I felt that the romances in this were SUPER unnecessary. They all bugged me and made no sense and didn’t really add anything to the story line.
It wasn’t written awfully and I know a lot of people will enjoy it, but it definitely was not my cup of tea.
Special thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
I’ve been really loving thriller mystery books recently. The cover and the summary drew me to request this book. Unfortunately, I didn’t love this one.
5 siblings gather after their parents die to hear who will get ownership of the summer camp their parents have ran for the last 30 or so years.
What they didn’t expect is that to find out what happens to the camp, they will have to solve who attacked and assaulted the oldest daughter’s best friend 20 years ago.
I felt like there was just too many characters. Especially the sisters. They all had unique enough personalities, but all their voices sounded the same and I struggled to keep who was who straight throughout the entire novel.
There was too much speculation and blame. I hate how at one point every single person is expected to have committed the assault. I know that’s pretty normal in these type of books, but this one seemed to be a bit too much to me.
I felt that the romances in this were SUPER unnecessary. They all bugged me and made no sense and didn’t really add anything to the story line.
It wasn’t written awfully and I know a lot of people will enjoy it, but it definitely was not my cup of tea.
slavicsongbird's review against another edition
3.0
It was a fun book, what I would call a good example of light summer reading. Very Agatha Cristie (those who know her works well will know what I mean). I would point out one very interesting thing I haven't come across too often. Most of the characters are unlikable but not because they are badly written (my usual reason for disliking a character) but because they are just genuinely not pleasant people. I found that refreshing. So, congratulations to the author on that part.
blogginboutbooks's review against another edition
3.0
I tend to enjoy books about a group of friends/family/strangers coming together after many years to revisit a tragedy/mystery/murder in the past that involved all of them. It's always fun to see how these scenarios play out, what secrets people have been keeping, etc. I'LL NEVER TELL has this kind of premise, which is why I picked it up. The mystery kept me engaged, even though I didn't find any of the characters very sympathetic or likable. I read to the end because I wanted to know whodunit (I had the perpetrator figured out early on, but I wanted to see if I was right), but by that time I'm not sure I really cared all that much. Not everything gets resolved at the end either, which was kind of irritating. In the end, then, I found this book depressing, not totally satisfying, and overall, just kind of meh.
kdurham2's review against another edition
5.0
Check out the full review at Kritters Ramblings
A set of five siblings have lost their parents and are returning to the summer camp that their family owned to make some decisions and also maybe find some truth behind an incident that happened 20 years ago.
20 years ago at a summer camp, a friend of the family - Amanda was found unconscious floating in a canoe and all signs pointed to one of the family members being involved, but which one? In the will that their parents left the MacAllister kids, they must solve this open question before they can make a decision about the property.
A set of five siblings have lost their parents and are returning to the summer camp that their family owned to make some decisions and also maybe find some truth behind an incident that happened 20 years ago.
20 years ago at a summer camp, a friend of the family - Amanda was found unconscious floating in a canoe and all signs pointed to one of the family members being involved, but which one? In the will that their parents left the MacAllister kids, they must solve this open question before they can make a decision about the property.