See What I Have Done in Aussie Readers

Aug 02, 2017 Josh rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, given-away, historical_fiction, read_2017

See What I Have Done is the fictitious retelling of the Borden murders in 1892 in which Lizzie Borden was accused of having murdered her father and step mother in their home.

The book focuses on the murders themselves, though the culprit is never clearly identified as the murders remain unsolved to this day, the daughters in Lizzie (who was a home when the murders took place) and Emma (who was staying with a friend at the time) and housekeeper Bridget. John, Lizzie and Emma's uncle also gets pag ...more

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Oct 09, 2017 Kate Forsyth rated it liked it

Shelves: historical, australian, aww2017

"Lizzie Borden took an axe,
and gave her mother forty whacks;
when she saw what she had done,
she gave her father forty-one."

This chilling children’s playground rhyme was inspired by the true-life story of Lizzie Borden, who was – in 1892 - tried but then acquitted for murdering her father and stepmother with an axe. The case was never solved, and still continues to interest more than a hundred years after the event.

Sarah Schmidt says that she was inspired to write Look What I Have Done after L ...more

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Oct 03, 2017 Josie rated it it was ok

This one left a little to be desired.
I'm not sure if I was confused or just wholly underwhelmed by it, but it just really did nothing for me, and overall was just a hard slog throughout.
I got the dysfunctional family vibe, the rest was just a bit lost on me based on the writing being very underdeveloped and it just seemed to emphasise on abstract stuff that did nothing to bring it all together.
Since reading it, I've discovered that this is actually based on a true story of the accusations of Liz ...more

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Feb 11, 2018 John rated it really liked it

Lizzie Borden took an axe / And gave her mother forty whacks / When she saw what she had done / She gave her father forty-one. That is the familiar rhyme that most people have heard at some point and this novel tells an interpretation of the events that inspired that rhyme.
It was an eerie book and was quite haunting parts. It was in some places reminiscent of Hannah Kent's books. I would have liked more insight into Lizzie's mind and the family dynamic and would have preferred a more definitive ...more

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May 01, 2017 Tianne Shaw rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This really got me in and was just a random read and review offered by my local bookstore. I love these type of books and doubt I can part with this one. Turn back to a murder and all the unraveling to get to the real killer and what really happened.

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