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'I Have Some Questions For You' is a dark, uncomfortable story that feels universal

In less capable hands, all of this would be too much. But Rebecca Makkai manages to juggle every subplot brilliantly; each sings with a unique voice that harmonizes with the crime story at the heart.
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A long list of praiseful adjectives — sharp, twisty, enthralling, cerebral, surprising — would serve as a review of Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions For You. However, that approach would fail to communicate just how labyrinthine, well constructed and multilayered the narrative is.

In fact, this review will probably fail as well given the word count constraint and the novel's 435 pages of unrelenting developments, memories and possibilities, but at least it will offer a larger view of the universe, characters and

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