Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Listen for the Lie

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Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

199 reviews

rachelisathomas22's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I enjoyed this read immensely! I listened to the audiobook for this, which was why I rated this just a scootch higher than a 4 before the production quality or the audiobook and how the podcast episodes weave into the story was entertaining and felt like a podcast episode.

I had several different suspects throughout the piece, and while the person who actually did it was on my list I didn't expect the extent of which the murder happened. The nuance of this book is a critique on personal narrative and the believability of one person over another. I'm glad those themes are woven into the story, because it makes it a more compelling overall novel for me.

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joshkiba13's review against another edition

3.5

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a really fun listen. The readers were both good, and it was cool that the podcast segments really felt like listening to a recording of people talking, with laughing and such. The mystery kept me guessing all the way through. Around 50% in i thought i had it all figured out but I was quite wrong lol. It got a little old that literally every person in Plumpton was sleeping with each other, but it was more of a giggle than an actual gripe with the story.
Lucy was a really intriguing protagonist, and even though she couldn't remember what happened that night I found her constant urges to kill people really interesting; sometimes fun, sometimes disturbing. Overall a good story :)

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wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Okay.. I'll be honest. I guessed whodunnit pretty early on and as I made my way through the story, it was predominantly to ensure that I guessed correctly.

Rating was lowered because I didn't find it all that captivating and there was an odd focus on sweat that really took me out of it.

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