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Never Lie by Freida McFadden

26 reviews

swimmer120x's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

The book bounces between two characters, Tricia and Adrienne. It seemed like a medium-fast paced book. It wasn’t my favorite, but it wasn’t terrible either. I enjoyed the plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Vomit

sparrow123's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

greendog1200's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

goldsbuc's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Child death, and Alcohol

chelle22's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

katiebesty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Interesting plot with lots of twists and turns. You think you’ve figured it out from the beginning but turns out there are more twists. 
The plot is good but the characters are not likeable at all and the writing style is a little cringe. 
Overall a quick and easy read that is engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism

dblue236's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thought I had this all figured out by a third of the way through it and fancied myself the smartest person alive... only to turn out to be almost entirely wrong. I'm holding on to the tiny shred of dignity I have left because I was kind of in the ballpark. This author hasn't disappointed me yet, and while her books aren't necessarily rampant with realism, I enjoy the hell out of them and always look forward to starting a new one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Rape, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

jessi_lou95's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Death, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, Alcoholism, Torture, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Oh, we love Frieda - She is my pallet cleanser between heavy content, and I'm rarely disappointed, even when the story is outlandish. With Never Lie, she delivered exactly what I was expecting - which is a book of characters that are truly awful people, and a plot twis  I never would have seen coming. 

Never Lie is a wild ride, and per Friedas MO, the twist will knock you off your feet. Highly recommend for a fast past quick and easy read 💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body shaming, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Toxic relationship

asporer22's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Holy cow, I didn’t see that coming from one million miles away. Talk about a twist! Before I got to the plot twist, I thought the book wasn’t bad, probably just your average thriller. The last 20% of the book completely changed my mind. Frieda wrote this in such a way that I literally said “wtf” because there was no way you knew that was how this would end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Stalking, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol