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Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Stalking, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Adrienne is a great character. She goes from feeling like a robotic and cold person to thawing with love.
Tricia is also an interesting character. Very damsel in distress at first, but as we learn more about her she proves to be powerful.
My thoughts on the answer to the mystery posed by this book were completely off base. It is a very intriguing storyline, and we don’t leave the setting of the house, except for flashbacks, which really impacts the tone the author was going for.
I really enjoyed the recording transcripts too.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Car accident
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Minor: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Torture, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Torture, Car accident
"I believe that any human being is capable of terrible things if you push them hard enough."
I still can't believe I've only discovered Freida McFadden's writing this year, but she is quickly turning into a favorite thriller author. I immediately thought of her books when I was craving something fast and engaging, and I decided to pick up Never Lie next as I do love a good bout of bad weather to spice things up. I'm happy to announce that I once again ended up having an excellent time with her writing! There is just something about the way she tells her stories that makes them impossible to put down... Never Lie is told using a dual POV structure, switching between Tricia in the present and Adrienne a couple years in the past. On top of this, you also get transcripts of some of Adrienne's therapy sessions with her patients... Which were definitely a bonus for me. I liked both POVs for different reasons, and the building up of suspense is really well done. I thought I had it all figured out and I was disappointed for things to be SO obvious, only to be proven completely wrong when a certain twists put everything on its head. Very clever indeed! Things can be said about especially the last part being over the top and you definitely have to suspend your disbelief as well as being able to accept certain cliches... But if you can overcome this, Never Lie is without doubt a very entertaining and suprisingly twisted psychological thriller. Guess who is already looking forward to her next dose of Freida McFadden's writing?!
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail