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To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan

6 reviews

bringmybooks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

~~Bring~~ | ~~Borrow~~ | ✨Bypass✨

Review: Worth borrowing if you're looking for a quick thriller, but honestly there's probably better ones out there. This was my first from Gilly Macmillan, and I have a couple others by her that I will be reading so it's not like this book turned me off the author for good - but I don't think this is one I would wildly recommend.

(No, really, this is a big spoiler)

The whole thing sets you up for something so massive, aka WHAT HAPPENED TO TEDDY, and ... we never find out? And the end is some weird thief/smuggling fiasco that her d!ckhe@d husband stumbled upon and got him killed? So her being a wild child with a potentially sociopathic imaginary friend had nothing to do with anything? ...k.

Overall Rating: ★★★ / 3.00

Rating each element of the book out of 5★
Characters ★★★
Atmosphere ★★★
Writing ★★★
Plot ★★
Intrigue ★★★
Logic ★★
Enjoyment ★★
Pacing ★★★
Dialogue ★★★

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it