I love great characters and I am all in when there’s a well written character. If the character’s are just meh, there better be a good plot.
Unfortunately, this book lacked both. And I really tried. I wanted to love this book. The idea is sound! I was ready for a good mystery. I’ll Tell You Everything did not deliver.
Ramona was the best-written character and I understood her motives, her storyline, etc. Everyone else? It just didn’t quite measure up to the expectations. I think where it fell flat was the lack of story build-up behind Amy. She isn’t well enough developed to carry the whole novel. She’s too two-dimensional and flat. Her storytelling to Ramona is flighty and in the beginning, it does make sense. But, by about 50% through the novel, it just becomes almost repetitive. We know she’s going to talk around the questions Ramona asks and then tell a long winded story that doesn’t say much.
I’m giving it a very generous 3 stars.