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The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

3 reviews

meghan01's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Suicide, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Car accident, Child death, and Cancer

Minor: Suicide attempt

bookishgoob's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Sager’s work is so confusing to me. he can write incredible stories and he can write terrible stories with good ideas. this happened to be an incredible story. i could be biased because i LOVE summer camp horror stuff but i was intrigued the entire time. The plot twist was so interesting. I still have a slight problem with the way he write women sometimes but i did enjoy this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, and Violence

a_robin_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

2.5

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Information:

• Library book
• Book club: Mrs. Dunn Reads

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Review:

This book was very underwhelming for me. It wasn't thrilling enough for me. The twists were totally not spooky. 
What I liked about this book was the writing, the character development and the descriptions. Therefore this rating.

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Review previously placed on my blog:

I read Last time I lied by Riley Sager. I read this for the Currently reading book club hosted by Mrs. Dunn reads. 

This book was very underwhelming for me. From the start it was sort of intriguing, but already pretty mediocre. I was pretty much waiting for the reveal what the MC was lying about. When that point came it was very underwhelming. The ending was even more underwhelming. The writing was actually very good. I really liked the discriptions and the characters as well. For that I gave this 2,5 stars, but I don't think this is a very good thriller. Am really looking forward to other books by this author though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Grief, Death, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Suicide