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Girls Who Lie by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

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erisch's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

mpr2000's review against another edition

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4.0

Since the beginning the title of the book intrigued me “Girls Who Lie”, because, haven’t we all lied once?
So, it will not be difficult to feel connected one way or the other with this story and their characters; the victim Maríanna, her daughter Hekla or the main investigator of the case, Elma. Which one you’ll choose?
This is a book to remember that we all have secrets and some of them are so dangerous that can kill us. But most importantly, this is a story about motherhood, a mysterious woman will share her diary with us; the need to connect with her daughter but how she feels a burden instead. Who is this mysterious woman and daughter related to the story? And then we have the relationship between Maríanna and Hekla; distant, cold… she left 7 months ago with just a note and now her body appeared in the caves… It’s a suicide or someone killed her?
There are so many possible suspects that it will be impossible to not make your own guesses and stories while you are reading the book.
I’ll admit that I don’t know what part of the story intrigued me most, the mystery from the past, the one from the present or Elma’s life. They are all cleverly presented and written that it is impossible to stop reading page after page till the end.
Are you ready to be one of the “Girls Who Lie”?

balthazarlawson's review against another edition

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3.0

The body of a woman, who has been missing for seven months, is found in a lava field. Elma and the team had investigated the disappearance and now question if they had done all they could the first time around. It's a slow process to check old information and uncover new evidence but Elma suspects not everyone is telling the truth and didn't the first time around.

All the time we are given diary type entries from someone we don't know but are lead to believe is the victim. It takes us down another path but doesn't really tell anything other than the back story of one of the characters. The truth about this person is only revealed when Elma finds the truth in the present.

I kind of find this style frustrating at times as it's just full of misinformation and is so open to interpretation as to be confusing.

It wasn't a bad read overall but the ending was inconclusive for me and again it was left so open for the reader to interpret.

lepicou's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

condygurl's review against another edition

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4.0

I don't even know where to start on writing a review for this book. Suffice it to say, I was pretty pissed at the end.

First of all, it's a mystery so I don't want to give anything away. So I can't go into any details about the story itself.

I can say I was a little confused for quite a while with the "thoughts" of whomever it was. I thought it was the thoughts of one person, and then I thought okay maybe it's not who I think it is, and then I was just tossed. It literally took nearly the entire book before I figured out who the heck the special font/thoughts were from.

All in all another great book from this very talented author.