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acschumacher's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
edenloverso's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
cassychappell's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
stories_of_the_soul27's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
So the good thing about this book is that the chapters are short and in the audiobook most of the chapters were 4-6 mins long.
I liked the performance of the narrators. The narration was good and both the narrators did a good job in keeping the interest of the listeners going.
However, even if the chapters were short, I didn’t really think to be a fast story. This was very slow in that nothing actually was happening. We only have one murder that happened five years ago, and after that the story was just about this podcast trying to find out what happened to Savvy, but I didn’t really like the direction of the podcast. The podcast felt more about trying to establish that Lucy is innocent and hey who cares who killed Savvy. Ben (the podcaster) was just going asking people to establish their alibis and through that we just come to know that a lot of people lied and were actually out and about on the day of the murder. But so what! There’s no proof and no motive. So what’s the point of this podcast?
Next we come to our protagonist Lucy. I liked her in the beginning. She was funny and snarky and I liked how she used sarcasm to get over this tragedy that had befallen her. But after the second part of the story I stopped liking her. Because -
- She stopped being interesting. I couldn’t find any new development she was bringing to the story. She was just having sex with Ben. Or we keep learning about how she was sleeping with someone else 5 years ago.
- I couldn’t figure out who Lucy was. What kind of woman was she. It felt that her being a suspected murderer is the only thing she has going in her life. We get to know she had an abusive relationship with her 1st husband. That didn’t bring anything to the story or to her character. Her & this supposed best friendship she had with Savvy was also not explored.
- Lucy & Ben - them having sex and cute moments didn’t really add points to the story. Instead this could have been used to show how Ben was putting the work in trying to solve the murder.
We also don’t get to know Savvy. How are we supposed to care for this murder if neither the victim nor the alleged perpetrator inspire any kind of feeling in us?
“I will never be a perfect victim” or “The truth doesn’t matter” - these phrases were thrown around a lot by Lucy and I get the idea of what the author was trying to establish but it didn’t turn out to be cohesive.
I get the moral of the story - truth matters less when it is said by the women victims, much less when they are less than perfect. Men trust men’s words more than the women in their lives. A woman needs to be backed by a man in order to get more traction. I commend the author for showcasing this to us. It would have hit home had the women of this story had more depth to their characters.
P.S : I loved Lucy’s grandmother.
calvin_k_ho's review against another edition
4.0
Teetering between a 4 and 4.5 stars for me! Listen for the Lie was a very fun and fast-paced thriller. I enjoyed this immensely. Lucy is sarcastic and snarky as hell, which might be a bit of a turn off for some readers but it made the MC all the more relatable for me.
I found it hard to put this book down — I just wanted to figure out how the story would unfold.
I found it hard to put this book down — I just wanted to figure out how the story would unfold.
mapmom_'s review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
valeried711's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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? Yes
4.5
mayaromero111's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
amybarnes0007's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5