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283 reviews for:

Simply Lies

David Baldacci

3.59 AVERAGE

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Didn’t like the story line.
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was an introduction to a new character and their universe.  Overall it was a pretty good book.  I'll probably read more from this series in the future.
challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Baldacci has created another crime solving character with skills and knowledge that are current with today's tech, crypto, & NFT. Good cops, bad cops, corrupt politicians, and criminal enterprises all have a part to play in this tense, suspenseful, and slightly troubling crime drama.

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5
The ending was great but it took so long to get going.

Dunno? Got bored. 
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious

I enjoyed this book, don’t get me wrong. But the e-book was 1700+ and could’ve been condensed to like 1000 pages. By the end of the book, I was simply pining for a resolution that I kind of got (but not really). I like Mickey as a person. I liked the relationship between her and her father. I liked the relationship between her and her kids. But Mickey withholding evidence, withholding information about “Arlene”, and nosing her way into the investigation like a dog after a bone is just too much for me. How did she get away with this?!