See What I Have Done

from Beamis12

I have never read anything before, fictional or not, about these murders though of course I have heard the rhyme. This is a very interesting take on the Borden family and the murders of the two elder Bordens. Emma, ten years older than Lizzie, a young woman who has had to take on the role as main...

from gpangel

See What I have Done by Sarah Schmidt is a 2017 Atlantic Monthly Press publication. After seeing some reviews for this book pop up on Goodreads and realizing the book was based on the infamous Lizzie Borden murders, I knew I had to read it. For decades, I have been fascinated by the Borden murder...

from linda.marsheells

Having grown up in the area of course this topic is well-known and widespread, so i felt pulled to read this novel. NO disappointment here! We have all read the Lizzie Borden story or seen the movies....40 whacks and all that, parents murdered, and of course during the times, women were thought o...

from tamidale

I grew up jumping rope to the Lizzie Borden rhyme, so I was naturally intrigued when See What I have Done came up on the book list. Sarah Schmidt presents a cast of mostly unlikable characters and gives readers a peek into their private thoughts around the time of the Borden murders and thereafte...

from angiestahl

Oppressively moody, which fits the subject, but makes it heavy and uncomfortable to read. Well-written, but ultimately unsatisfying. I wasn't left with any additional insight into what might have happened with the Bordens than what I originally started with.