“A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie. But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought—if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.”
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Content Warning: Graphic murder, adult/minor relationshiop, sexual assault. Moderate eating disorder, racism, sexual harassment
When I started this book, I didn’t think I would actually enjoy it once I got the gist of how it was actually going to be told. What I got was far from what I expected, and I Have Some Questions For You is a very middle of the range book for me.
IHSQFY follows narrator Bodie Kane as she travels back to her former university to teach a short course on film as well as another on podcasting, as she herself, runs a successful podcast as her career. I thought we’d see more of her as she taught the film aspect of her role, but it was only a small secondary piece, of which took me back to my first year as a film undergrad, and not really in a good way! If you’ve studied film, you might understand the repeatitiveness I’m on about. But no, her intention is to seeminly teach a podcast course, with her students creating their own, two of which cover a murder case from 1995, when Bodie was a student at Granby.
In 1995, Omar Evans was accused of murdering teenage Grandy student, Thalia Keith, and there are a lot of people who think that he was falsely accused, with a lot of people thinking that a teacher was actually the one responsible. Two of Bodie’s students are recounting the event for their podcast, but when she suggests that there may be other evidence out there, the case is brought back to light once more, leading to more time in court for a lot of people who just want to put the past behind them.
As I’ve already stated, I clearly didn’t know what I was getting into, but I did end up enjoying it for what it was. Rebecca Makkai is a new author for me, but I found the way she tells a story exceptional, and there are evern a few passages that still have me thinking, which isn’t something that really happens with me. I quite look forward to reading more from her in the future.
Thank you to Fleet Reads for the copy!
All the love,
Jade x
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