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Count My Lies

Sophie Stava

3.7 AVERAGE

capt_torrance7's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The whole book was quite unbelievable, which is generally fine!, but the very ending resolution was too much for me. Otherwise it would have been 4 stars!!

javieinastory's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious fast-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

akcronheim's review against another edition

4.75

Loved the twists and it kept me hooked the whole time

princereign's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

melvelia's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First half of the book dragged a little bit, however once I reach violets viewpoint went by super quick!!!

sarahrunsandreads's review against another edition

3.75

medium-paced

hayley_magnant's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is probably the best thriller I’ve read in 2025, but that isn’t saying much because I still haven’t found a great one. The plot of this book also felt like one I’ve read before - most notably in one VERY popular recent thriller.

The beginning of the story was way too slow of a build. Once the POV switched to Violet, the plot picked up quite a bit and I became more interested. There are ZERO likable characters in this - except for maybe the small child.

There were a lot of plot conveniences and quite a bit of suspension of belief you have to accept in order to really enjoy this story. As a whole, though there are portions of the story that were somewhat gripping, this was just fine.

Also, why did this author find every possible way to sneak a mention of Taylor Swift into the story? I love TS, but it served absolutely no purpose to the plot and got really weird after a dozen mentions.