Katie and Eric Knox know no bounds when it comes to their extra-special gymnast daughter, Devon. Every thing goes to Devon and her amazing talent. That extra mortgage? No biggie. Smoozing with the richie bitch down the street. Par for the course. Devon is a star. That's all that matters. Then for Devon herself. This young girl is a frigging robot. She is about to turn sixteen and knows that the worst thing ever is about to happen. She is about to get some boobs and curves. This is her las...

The 2016 Summer Olympics are getting ready to start this week, and after reading this I’ll be leery of any heartwarming features about athletes and their families because it seems like they won’t scratch the surface of the toll it probably took on all of them to get there.Devon Knox is an extraordinary young gymnast with a real chance to become an Olympian, and her parents, Katie and Eric, have made this goal the focus of their entire lives. However, the shocking death of someone connected to th...

3.5 stars "Never again," she told herself. "I won’t be that mom. She needs someplace to be herself. To be messy and sad and human. Real."To be whatever she was becoming. Here’s a tense thriller that is more about the journey than the actual mystery. It’s more about the intricacies of the Knox family and the way their world revolves around competitive gymnastics. Told from the mother Katie’s perspective, there’s the recurring theme of parenthood and what it’s like to watch your child grow pulli...

My latest foray into the fiction of Megan Abbott is You Will Know Me, in which the Edgar-winning author's tempest of murder and deceit settles over a teenage gymnast shooting for Olympic glory. Published in 2016, this is not a great thriller, but it's an exciting and eerily effective one. Abbott's work enthralls me for the same reason the late Elmore Leonard's does; their coffee may only rate three stars, but unlike Starbucks, their ambiance is a five. As with Dare Me and The Fever, Abbott demon...

Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/You Will Know Me is the story of this . . . . The person on the track???? Fifteen year old Devon . . . . The people who are going to get her there????? And . . . . All of the parties have the same end goal – Olympic gold . . . and nothing will stop them.I’m going to go against the grain just a weeeeeeee bit and only give this 4 Stars. Truthfully if I hadn’t read this during the day followed by watching the U.S. women gym...

Being a girl is so hard, Katie thought. And it only gets harder.i think i'm gonna go ahead and give this five stars after all. because, confession time - as far as her non-noir stuff goes, i didn't love her last two (Dare Me and The Fever) as much as i loved The End of Everything. i didn't dislike them by any means (although many readers did), but i thought that while they excelled in their depiction of the darker aspects of teenage girlhood, as do all her books, the surrounding stories weren't

I took forever to finish this book .....which can be read in a day. I only 'came back' to 'humor myself' with this $1.99 special during those times I was relaxing in our sauna. I save sauna/Kindle reads for those books I'm not dying to finish-- if it takes me 6 weeks -- makes no difference to me. So... this was a chosen 'sauna-read'. ( always on my old Kindle which still works even in a hot box). For starters....it's possible I come to this story - the world of competitive gymnasts - with a diff...

Competitive edge, the pressure to be perfect, and far too much importance attached to a performance. For fifteen year old Devon Knox, perfection in gymnastics is all she has ever wanted. Her parents are willing to do anything to help her achieve it. They may have doubts about a lot of things, but not about Devon's absolute talent. A suspicious death occurs shortly before a major competition, and the fallout from the resultant collateral damage will leave no one untouched.

"So many things you never think you'll do until you do them.” 4 1/2 stars. I'm just going to say it: Megan Abbott is one of my favourite authors. I've read three of her books and I've loved three of her books. I get it - her writing isn't for everyone; but it's for me. Holy shit, is it for me.It's hard to explain. Abbott writes about quiet people politics and the small details that all add up to something bigger. Suspense hums beneath the surface, turning the most mundane events into somethin

If you like your mystery book to have no mystery at all then this is it.Not memorable. Wouldn't recommend.

Following Dare Me, a brilliant novel set in the world of teenage cheerleaders, Megan Abbot turns her eye in the direction of another exclusive arena of young girls, gymnastics. This is a very dark, thought-provoking book; brilliantly written as always. And after reading it, you will never watch the Olympic Games, or many other such sporting events, in the same way again. While there is a crime at the heart of this book, this is not a crime novel in the traditional sense. Truth to tell, the crime...

Oh my god a thriller with gymnastics?? Was this book written with me in mind?Update 10/23/16: probably a 2.5/5 In general just predictable with super dull characters. For a book so tailored to my interests, this failed on a lot of levels.

Ok, so Megan Abbott and I have a bit of history. I’ve not read her noir books, so my first read of hers was The End of Everything. I was so blown away by that one that I couldn’t wait to pick up Dare Me; I’m not sure if it was just me or the book, but I was so disappointed in myself for not loving it. I moved along to reading The Fever next, but didn’t rush out for it immediately; thankfully I enjoyed that one more than the previous but it still didn’t live up to TEOE for me. Needless to say, I

No on writes about the intersections between teenage girls, ambition, bodies, and obsession better than Megan Abbott. Her voice is distinct throughout this novel. Tight, taut, tense, terrifying. You Will Know Me is both a portrait of a family who put their talented gymnast daughter at the center of their world, and how ambition is the thing that holds them together and tears them apart. The words in this novel are like weapons and Abbott wields them very well.

I started this book at the perfect time, often turning the pages as my daughter sat watching Olympic gymnastics. I'm glad that she is able to watch these incredible performances and that these strong, determined athletes are an inspiration to her. I'm also quietly thankful that sports are recreational for my children. I understand that there are those children who are single-minded when it comes to their sport of choice. I also know there are those who excel beyond reason. I suppose with the rig...

I'd rate this 3.5 stars.While the so-called "mystery" part of this book held about as much suspense as whether Ryan Lochte and his swimming compatriots were actually robbed at gunpoint in Rio, You Will Know Me further cemented Megan Abbott's talent as one of the best creators of mean girls (and adults, for that matter) that is currently writing."And so gymnastics became the center, the mighty spine of everything for them."Katie and Eric Knox have given nearly everything in pursuit of their d...

Katie and Eric Knox will do anything for their gymnast prodigy Devon. When the boyfriend of one of her gymnastic instructors die, will Katie be able to keep their idyllic life from disintegrating around them?Here we are, another Megan Abbott book and another series of cold knives in my heart. At first glance, I thought this might be similar to Dare Me, Megan's book about cheerleaders. You Will Know Me is about the parents of star gymnasts and the crazy shit they do for their kids.From the first

She hadn't learned, no one had taught her—Katie and Eric hadn't taught her—that the things you want, you never get them. And if you do they're not what you thought they'd be. But you'd still do anything to keep them. Because you wanted them for so long. And here it is - my favorite Megan Abbott novel of the four I've read. Megan Abbott's perfect writing style and fantastic characters blend with a creepy storyline to form a near-perfect suspense book. You Will Know Me has an interesting, if so

I have long been fascinated by the world of elite gymnasts, one of my favorite things to watch in the Olympics. Why I grabbed this book when it was offered. First of this authors I have read. The storyline involves around this rarified world, and the mystery, who was behind the wheel of the hit and run is seamlessly blended into the lives of these gymnasts. Our narrator is one of the mothers, her daughter Devon is extremely focused, knows what she wants and has since she was a young child. She i...

Reading this book is like watching a great gymnastics performance -- it's powerful, it goes by super fast, and you can't take your eyes from it.In You Will Know Me we meet the Knox family: Parents Katie and Eric, daughter Devon, and son Drew. Devon is training to be an elite gymnast. Katie and Eric have re-mortgaged the house and piled on tons of credit card debt in order to pay for all the lessons and equipment Devon needs. And poor Drew is often forgotten on the sidelines.We see the story unfo...