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Society of Lies

Lauren Ling Brown

3.47 AVERAGE


This just felt like a cheap high school drama, honestly. The characters were annoying, the drama was cliche and childish, the plot was meh. It was boring to me and I kept zoning out, unable to focus on the story.

It didn't help that this story constantly flickers back and forth between two characters AND two timelines. It's hard for me to follow one and these past and present scenes crisscross like some complicated crochet pattern. 

Made my head hurt. I just finished this book yesterday and I can't even remember what happened or how it ended because it was just that unremarkable.
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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sarakbwrites's review

2.75
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Great set up, sad let down. Happy to see diverse characters. 
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hcferow's review

4.0
mysterious medium-paced
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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amandalanphear's review

2.5
medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
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kaylaseckner's review

3.25
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced