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cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
2.0
Interesting premise but I was able to see where story was going and characters weren't that interesting.
thepetitepunk's review against another edition
5.0
Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
My first five star rating of the year!
When Beckett finds a dead baby in a duffel bag in her school's locker room, her life completely changes. Although Beckett doesn't know anything about what happened to the baby and who the parents are, vicious rumors that Beckett had hidden a pregnancy and then killed her child swarm her small town, eventually blowing up into an internet phenomenon. As if the rumors, gossip, disappointing looks, and death threats aren't enough for one person to deal with, Beckett's boyfriend might be cheating on her, her recently deceased father may have had more problems than she thought, and her mother may have been abusing her position of power. As the investigation becomes increasingly publicized with Beckett being the face of the #babykiller, all the lies she has been surrounded by slowly unfold.
Every Single Lie is a fantastic young adult thriller/mystery. There is not a single dull moment--in fact, I was so hooked that I finished this book in less than 24 hours! Rachel Vincent does an incredible job of making you think you've figured everything out, only to throw another curveball at you when you turn the page. The mystery of the deceased baby and unknown mother was interesting throughout the entirety of the book; it never gets tiring, and even as the plot thickens, each bit of evidence makes sense, rather than feeling forced or unnecessary. I was shocked by the "big reveal" and wasn't disappointed at all. Furthermore, I loved that this was so much more than just a thriller. Vincent incorporated such great conversations about cyberbullying, family, adolescence, and being there for others. This book felt so personal and deep--clearly, dead children are an inherently sad subject, but instead of using this as a crutch to make the book disturbing and emotional, Vincent truly delves into the brains and hearts of her characters so that readers will feel the pain, conflict, and confusion that they are feeling. Everyone is deeply flawed and at some points a bit annoying, judgmental, or selfish, yet I still had a soft spot for all the characters. I think I had a moment with just about every single character where I absolutely hated them but then loved them but then was angry at them but then empathizing with them...and ultimately appreciating them for their complexity.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend Every Single Lie. I know YA thriller isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I thought this one was particularly well done!
Side note: where on earth do I get myself a Jake??
Trigger warnings: death of an infant, death of a parent, mentioning of murder, mentioning of underage sex, bullying, cyberbullying (including death threats), mentioning of drug and alcohol addiction
My first five star rating of the year!
When Beckett finds a dead baby in a duffel bag in her school's locker room, her life completely changes. Although Beckett doesn't know anything about what happened to the baby and who the parents are, vicious rumors that Beckett had hidden a pregnancy and then killed her child swarm her small town, eventually blowing up into an internet phenomenon. As if the rumors, gossip, disappointing looks, and death threats aren't enough for one person to deal with, Beckett's boyfriend might be cheating on her, her recently deceased father may have had more problems than she thought, and her mother may have been abusing her position of power. As the investigation becomes increasingly publicized with Beckett being the face of the #babykiller, all the lies she has been surrounded by slowly unfold.
Every Single Lie is a fantastic young adult thriller/mystery. There is not a single dull moment--in fact, I was so hooked that I finished this book in less than 24 hours! Rachel Vincent does an incredible job of making you think you've figured everything out, only to throw another curveball at you when you turn the page. The mystery of the deceased baby and unknown mother was interesting throughout the entirety of the book; it never gets tiring, and even as the plot thickens, each bit of evidence makes sense, rather than feeling forced or unnecessary. I was shocked by the "big reveal" and wasn't disappointed at all. Furthermore, I loved that this was so much more than just a thriller. Vincent incorporated such great conversations about cyberbullying, family, adolescence, and being there for others. This book felt so personal and deep--clearly, dead children are an inherently sad subject, but instead of using this as a crutch to make the book disturbing and emotional, Vincent truly delves into the brains and hearts of her characters so that readers will feel the pain, conflict, and confusion that they are feeling. Everyone is deeply flawed and at some points a bit annoying, judgmental, or selfish, yet I still had a soft spot for all the characters. I think I had a moment with just about every single character where I absolutely hated them but then loved them but then was angry at them but then empathizing with them...and ultimately appreciating them for their complexity.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend Every Single Lie. I know YA thriller isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I thought this one was particularly well done!
Side note: where on earth do I get myself a Jake??
Trigger warnings: death of an infant, death of a parent, mentioning of murder, mentioning of underage sex, bullying, cyberbullying (including death threats), mentioning of drug and alcohol addiction
chuskeyreads's review against another edition
5.0
Oh! You guys have GOT to read this one!
Meet Beckett Bergen: high school junior, amateur lock pick, and finder of a dead baby. Throw in the fact that her mother, Detective Bergen, is assigned to the case, the suspicious mystery texts her boyfriend keeps hiding from her, some Twitter hate from an anonymous account that goes viral, and the mystery of #LullabyDoe's parents, and you've got yourself a real page-turner.
I mean the story was so twisty that I was suspicious of every character: her boyfriend, her estranged best friend that shows back up, her mom, her dad (who died seven months ago), her brother. I was able to figure it out by the end of Chapter 15, but I was also an English teacher for nine years and naturally look for foreshadowing. It didn't slow down my need to get to the end of the book.
This book is masterful at showing how people handle grief differently, and ultimately, that was the biggest piece of this story. And it's my favorite read so far this year.
Meet Beckett Bergen: high school junior, amateur lock pick, and finder of a dead baby. Throw in the fact that her mother, Detective Bergen, is assigned to the case, the suspicious mystery texts her boyfriend keeps hiding from her, some Twitter hate from an anonymous account that goes viral, and the mystery of #LullabyDoe's parents, and you've got yourself a real page-turner.
I mean the story was so twisty that I was suspicious of every character: her boyfriend, her estranged best friend that shows back up, her mom, her dad (who died seven months ago), her brother. I was able to figure it out by the end of Chapter 15, but I was also an English teacher for nine years and naturally look for foreshadowing. It didn't slow down my need to get to the end of the book.
This book is masterful at showing how people handle grief differently, and ultimately, that was the biggest piece of this story. And it's my favorite read so far this year.
ambeesbookishpages's review against another edition
5.0
The full review + more can be found at The Book Bratz
*Thank you so much BLOOMSBURY and Netgalley for letting me read and review EVERY SINGLE LIE*
***Trigger Warnings: Drugs, Alcohol, Death, Overdose, Still Birth, Death of an Infant, Bullying, Death Threats***
Wow. It's been a few days since I finished Every Single Lie and I needed sometime to digest what I read. Not because it was bad, because it was heavy. I been a Rachel Vincent fan for a long time (Since her Soul Eater series) so I was excited when I heard she was coming out with a contemporary novel. Don't get me wrong, Every Single Lie was absolutely amazingly done but I was initially a little apprehensive about it. The subject matter is something that is quite heavy and is going to be triggering for some readers (Trigger Warnings: Drugs, Alcohol, Death, Overdose, Still Birth, Death of an Infant, Bullying, Death Threats.) But Vincent went about this book in a way that made it compelling and something that bought up a lot of things that need to be discussed, failures in the sex education programs and the importance of healing and family.
Watching Beck from the beginning of the book and until the end is something I truly enjoyed. She grew so much as a character and I feel like Vincent left her off on a good spot. Her character was realistic too, she acted like a seventeen year old who is going through this horrible trauma and trying to deal with it as well as the death of her father months earlier. Vincent didn't skip out on any of the parts that would make you want to cry or pull on your heart strings.
My only thing is that I did predict whose baby it was early on in the book, but it was interesting to see how Beck went through different people in her life and how they could be the potential parents when the answer was literally in front of her face the whole time.
Overall I did enjoy Every Single Lie. It was a compelling read that kept me interested from the first page until the very last. I know it won't be everyone's cup of tea but if you are looking for a book that is going to make you think long and hard, this is the one for you.
*Thank you so much BLOOMSBURY and Netgalley for letting me read and review EVERY SINGLE LIE*
***Trigger Warnings: Drugs, Alcohol, Death, Overdose, Still Birth, Death of an Infant, Bullying, Death Threats***
Wow. It's been a few days since I finished Every Single Lie and I needed sometime to digest what I read. Not because it was bad, because it was heavy. I been a Rachel Vincent fan for a long time (Since her Soul Eater series) so I was excited when I heard she was coming out with a contemporary novel. Don't get me wrong, Every Single Lie was absolutely amazingly done but I was initially a little apprehensive about it. The subject matter is something that is quite heavy and is going to be triggering for some readers (Trigger Warnings: Drugs, Alcohol, Death, Overdose, Still Birth, Death of an Infant, Bullying, Death Threats.) But Vincent went about this book in a way that made it compelling and something that bought up a lot of things that need to be discussed, failures in the sex education programs and the importance of healing and family.
Watching Beck from the beginning of the book and until the end is something I truly enjoyed. She grew so much as a character and I feel like Vincent left her off on a good spot. Her character was realistic too, she acted like a seventeen year old who is going through this horrible trauma and trying to deal with it as well as the death of her father months earlier. Vincent didn't skip out on any of the parts that would make you want to cry or pull on your heart strings.
My only thing is that I did predict whose baby it was early on in the book, but it was interesting to see how Beck went through different people in her life and how they could be the potential parents when the answer was literally in front of her face the whole time.
Overall I did enjoy Every Single Lie. It was a compelling read that kept me interested from the first page until the very last. I know it won't be everyone's cup of tea but if you are looking for a book that is going to make you think long and hard, this is the one for you.
cemsreadingcorner's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book was sooo good. I enjoyed every moment of it. I didn’t care for the “Fact-Check Rating” comments though. But other than that, the book was enjoyable. I’m going to miss reading Beckett’s story. I love a good mystery, and this was it! 👍🏼👍🏼
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 10:20 AM
tatbookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Review:
5⭐
EVERY SINGLE LIE is unlike any book I have read. It's one of the most heartfelt, emotional, and sad books I've read in awhile. I hated that the characters felt like they were alone, and that they went through what they went through. EVERY SINGLE LIE was just something(that's the only way to describe it). It's full of mystery, and I was on the edge of my seat wanting to know who, what, why? All the questions and all the answers. And I was shocked. Dumbfounded. I never put two and two together, but once it was explained, I did. It pulled at my heartstrings when they realized who the baby belonged to, and their emotions tugged at my emotions. This book had be in pieces.
What I Liked About It:
*how it was an emotional roller coaster
5⭐
EVERY SINGLE LIE is unlike any book I have read. It's one of the most heartfelt, emotional, and sad books I've read in awhile. I hated that the characters felt like they were alone, and that they went through what they went through. EVERY SINGLE LIE was just something(that's the only way to describe it). It's full of mystery, and I was on the edge of my seat wanting to know who, what, why? All the questions and all the answers. And I was shocked. Dumbfounded. I never put two and two together, but once it was explained, I did. It pulled at my heartstrings when they realized who the baby belonged to, and their emotions tugged at my emotions. This book had be in pieces.
What I Liked About It:
*how it was an emotional roller coaster
eastcoastbooktart's review against another edition
4.0
I went in to this without reading much of the synopsis past the first sentence or two. I’m not sure what to say except that this was a really, really great book and I’m so glad I checked it out. The characters feel so real. The pacing is stellar. And I just really enjoyed everything about it, even with the really dark subject matter.
gggina13's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early copy! This book’s out now, though, if you’re interested!
3.5 stars probably in actuality.
Beckett lives in a small town, 3 miles wide, one high school, two detectives at the local police station, two funeral homes, etc. So when Beckett finds a dead baby in a duffel bag in the girls’ locker room at school, it rocks the town immediately.
One of the two detectives in town is Beckett’s mom, and she gets assigned to the case. Immediately, people assume Beckett is the one who gave birth to the baby. Beckett has an older brother, Penn, and a younger sister, Landry, and their dad recently died a little over 6 months ago. Their family is pretty splintered after it - they still love each other, but they all move pretty independently from each other. The case of Lullaby Doe, as she’s soon named by the media, brings the family members back together pretty quickly.
Beckett wants to clear her name, and obviously even if not, she kinda just wants to know the baby’s true story. She finds out secrets about her loved ones along the way. She suspects a lot of her loved ones along the way. Her (ex?)boyfriend, her best friend who recently came back into her life... none of them are safe from her suspecting them in the case of the baby.
It all sounds so dramatic but it was really done in a pretty emotional and generally stable way. Beckett has genuinely normal reactions to the things she finds out and never flies off the rails or anything like that. She does end up in a few arguments with people in her life, but everyone has pretty decent communication skills.
As far as the actual baby storyline, there’s some conversation about lack of attention, and how there was some person out there who went through a whole pregnancy and births with no one noticing. Everyone starts suspecting everyone just because it’s so hard to believe you’d let yourself miss that kind of thing happening in someone’s life. But, life isn’t always that simple. There’s also discussion about sex ed and prenatal health and basically just the circumstances that lead to a situation like the one in the story.
I think it was well done, I think there were plenty of possibilities presented for the conclusion, and I think it’s dark enough to attract teens who like to read that sort of thing without being gratuitous, unrealistic, or obscene.
3.5 stars probably in actuality.
Beckett lives in a small town, 3 miles wide, one high school, two detectives at the local police station, two funeral homes, etc. So when Beckett finds a dead baby in a duffel bag in the girls’ locker room at school, it rocks the town immediately.
One of the two detectives in town is Beckett’s mom, and she gets assigned to the case. Immediately, people assume Beckett is the one who gave birth to the baby. Beckett has an older brother, Penn, and a younger sister, Landry, and their dad recently died a little over 6 months ago. Their family is pretty splintered after it - they still love each other, but they all move pretty independently from each other. The case of Lullaby Doe, as she’s soon named by the media, brings the family members back together pretty quickly.
Beckett wants to clear her name, and obviously even if not, she kinda just wants to know the baby’s true story. She finds out secrets about her loved ones along the way. She suspects a lot of her loved ones along the way. Her (ex?)boyfriend, her best friend who recently came back into her life... none of them are safe from her suspecting them in the case of the baby.
It all sounds so dramatic but it was really done in a pretty emotional and generally stable way. Beckett has genuinely normal reactions to the things she finds out and never flies off the rails or anything like that. She does end up in a few arguments with people in her life, but everyone has pretty decent communication skills.
As far as the actual baby storyline, there’s some conversation about lack of attention, and how there was some person out there who went through a whole pregnancy and births with no one noticing. Everyone starts suspecting everyone just because it’s so hard to believe you’d let yourself miss that kind of thing happening in someone’s life. But, life isn’t always that simple. There’s also discussion about sex ed and prenatal health and basically just the circumstances that lead to a situation like the one in the story.
I think it was well done, I think there were plenty of possibilities presented for the conclusion, and I think it’s dark enough to attract teens who like to read that sort of thing without being gratuitous, unrealistic, or obscene.