{"id":47286,"date":"2023-05-02T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=47286"},"modified":"2023-04-24T18:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:49:18","slug":"i-have-some-questions-for-you-by-rebecca-makkai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/i-have-some-questions-for-you-by-rebecca-makkai\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From <\/span>The Great Believers<\/i><\/b><\/a> fame, Rebecca Makkai is back with another gorgeous and gripping novel, <\/span>I Have Some Questions for You<\/i><\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The story follows Bodie Kane, a film professor and successful true-crime podcast host, as she returns to Granby, her New England boarding school, to guest lecture a course on investigative podcasting. Her return comes after twenty years away from the school, twenty years after her roommate, Thalia Keith, was found dead in the school swimming pool during their senior year.\u00a0<\/span>
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Thalia\u2019s death was very quickly blamed on the school\u2019s athletic trainer, Omar. Despite the fact that all the evidence didn\u2019t add up, Omar\u2019s DNA was found on the swimsuit Thalia was wearing. That discovery quickly determined Omar guilty. The case closed, Thalia\u2019s friends and family were left to grieve, and people moved on–that is until Bodie returns to Granby and her memories start to unravel in a way that questions everything that was put to bed during the murder investigation back in 1995.\u00a0<\/span>
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Though this novel is a murder mystery, it isn\u2019t as formulaic as a traditional \u201cwhodunit\u201d mystery. While our main character wants to find out what actually happened to Thalia, she also wants to bring to light the adult men in Thalia\u2019s life that failed to protect her and heavily contributed to her death. Makkai sweepingly critiques our culture\u2019s obsession with the murder and abuse of women, while indulging in the phenomenon of internet armchair detectives.<\/span>
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Makkai is an incredibly thoughtful storyteller, and <\/span>I Have Some Questions for You<\/i><\/b><\/a> definitely speaks to her ability to gather research and graciously pour it into a complex yet approachable novel.\u00a0<\/span>
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This title is also available in the following formats:<\/span>
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