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The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen

nitalibrarian's review

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dark emotional mysterious tense

4.0

stephaniesbookreviews's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was just ok for me. I thought the mystery was pretty predictable and the story could have been a good 100 pages shorter. Things just really dragged on until everything wrapped up very quickly and easily in the end. I also felt pretty ambivalent about the characters and the romance. Props to the author though for venturing into a new genre. 

kerrig's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

_lalabear's review

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mysterious fast-paced

5.0

florinac's review

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

3.0

booklovingnerd87's review

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fast-paced

5.0

ein_frau_ag's review

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

dpageteach00's review

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mysterious tense

3.0

vikreads's review

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3.5

I didn’t realize that this author typically writes romance until after I finished this book - but now it makes a lot of sense. For it being a mystery - the romance peace was a little bit cheesy and too much of a focus. But overall, it was a really fast read, the bulk of it is super interesting and then the ending fell flat. Mostly because the author packaged everything up in a perfect little box with a pretty little bow and it seemed a bit a stretch, but I did enjoy the pace and the storyline until then. 

christina_chris's review

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0