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Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

breeannamclovin's review

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2.0

Very repetitive. I kept reading pages upon pages of the same things Nancy’s friends had said. I don’t think the evidence pointed directly at the husband to say he did it. It also seemed to place Nancy on a pedestal, even though their were claims that she wasn’t great with her money and got her and Brad into debt. I just wish the author went deeper into investigating both sides of the story and their personal lives instead of repeating the same thing over and over again. I did like the quotes at the start of each chapter.

michellejaclyn's review

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3.0

Such a devastating story but the book just wouldn’t end - felt like I was wading through mud to get it done.

soavanpelt's review against another edition

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informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

scylla87's review

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dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

jeenwheetson's review against another edition

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2.0

Truly terrible storytelling. Many pieces of evidence were retold almost verbatim dozens of times, but critical pieces were glossed over. And the ending is in the title. It read like a very shallowly investigated 400 page summary on a local news website, but with a goofy amount of bias thrown in. Even so, I blazed through it in 4 days, which speaks to the addictive power of the true crime genre.

zombiecupcake29's review against another edition

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4.0

As an avid true crime reader and listener I was excited to find a book about a case I had never really heard of before. I came across the book in my libraries recently added and immediately checked it out because it peeked my interest. I felt like the author being so close to the case made the details provided to be very credible instead of someone that just heard about the case and researched it. I felt connected to the family and Nancy as I read the horrible tale of what happened to the young mother in July of 2008. The only reason this was not a 5 star read for me was because a lot of it felt very redundant. I understand that the author wanted to include every detail of each trial that took place but at times it became a bit mi h and I ended up putting the book down for a bit instead of continuing on and finishing it in a quicker time period because of this. All in all a very well put together inside look at a case of love gone wrong.

jenlhayes's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.0

shelikesbig_books2's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 ⭐️

spidergirl502's review against another edition

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1.0

I went into this book expecting true crime, but it reads more like memoir. It focuses mostly on emotion, rumor and hearsay, and less on facts. I didn't dislike it, but definitely not my cup of tea.

susangeo's review against another edition

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4.0

Story was interesting but I didn't care for the amount of repeated detail throughout the book.