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The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

52 reviews

msennflinn's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

carissa230's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Meg is just trying to survive, living in her can, when she stumbles upon a high school teacher. She remembers how he took advantage of her only friend in high school. She decides to invade his life as his girlfriend and take from him to.

Kat is a journalist that is just starting out. When she takes a call from Meg about the principal she decides she can turn this into a career changing story, little does she know it will change her whole life.

Meg is back and now Kat is ready to expose Meg for the con artist she is. Turns out Meg may not be what Kat thought she was.

Told in th characters dual perspectives the book looks at friendship, revenge, and helping those that need it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Toxic friendship

brichneyfloss's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

calculated_reader's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

nicolesorial's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

bunnypez's review against another edition

challenging sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Bullying, Sexism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I read this in 2 evenings and thoroughly enjoyed it.  I loved the cat and mouse game between the two main characters.  It was fascinating learning some of the ways con artists work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

babyygiraffe's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

ohhthehorrors's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Classism

lacyloveslit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 "The difference between justice and revenge comes down to who's telling the story."

Julie Clark... *starts slow clapping*. I haven’t been this freaking amped about a book in a while. This was just an absolute 5 star read.

The Lies I Tell is a compelling, intriguing, complex, and unputdownable. The two main characters are multi-faceted, especially Meg, who is a female con-artist vigilante out to seek justice in the most intriguing ways. I loved reading about the cons and how ingenious and avenging they were. Meg was such an interesting character and I just ended up loving her!

Kat played such an important supporting role and showed that sometimes actions have affects that are widespread and that you may have never expected. I loved her complex relationship with Meg and the strange but true friendship that they formed. 

I loved Clark's last novel, The Last Flight, and I loved The Lies I Tell even more. She has become an auto-buy author for me! AND THE CAMEO from TLF in the scene in the airport. It's a blink and you'll miss it type of thing but man, when you see it!  "Two women working together are a force to be reckoned with." 

Read this if you like:
- Multiple POVs
- Fast-paced novels
- Suspense Thrillers
- Minimal twists (but still a GREAT story)
- Con-artist storylines
- Female empowerment
- Women helping women
- Men getting their comeuppance
- Female badassery

Thank you to NetGalley, Sourcebooks Landmark, and the author for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This is no way affected my review and all opinions are my own.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Gaslighting