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Girls Who Lie by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

bookguyinva2022's review

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5.0

First off, who the H is the actual H? What a twisty tale of lies. My head is still swimming.This one will keep you guessing until the end and beyond.

ninagudruna's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5* geggjaður krimmi, í senn spennandi, upplýsandi og það er greinilegt að höfundur kynnti sér vel aðstæður og bakgrunnsupplýsingar sem þurfti til skrifanna. Vel farið með viðkvæm málefni og spennnan í hámarki í gegnum alla bókina.

tyr2607's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

katarina_11's review against another edition

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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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

books4annie's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-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

3.25

kiramke's review

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dark mysterious slow-paced

3.5

Good, but the ending was a bit unsatisfying and abrupt.  I feel like there were notes that should've been more sinister that fell a little flat.  Also not thrilled about yet another story hitting those 'very rare' crimes.  (You know, the ones that happen far less frequently based on actual records and evidence, but certain people assert they occur all the time and that's why it's necessary to oppress certain other people.) 

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

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

4.0

jules_july's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense

4.5

Zurück in Akranes 


4,5 von 5

In "Verlogen" nimmt Eva Björg Ægisdóttir uns wieder mit nach Island, genauer Akranes.
Dieses Mal ermitteln Elma und ihr Team erneut in einem Mordfall, der viele Geheimnisse bereit hält und mitreißend ist.

Genauso mitreißend ist der Schreibstil. Er ist authentisch und unaufgeregt. Wenige Details reichen um eine besondere Atmosphäre aufzubauen und das raue Island darzustellen.
Dazu kommen die wechselnden Perspektiven, die für Abwechslung sorgen und bis zum Ende nicht zu viel verraten, allerdings auch Verwirrung stiften, sodass am Ende ein "Aha!" Moment entsteht.
Dies ist ihr hervorragend gelungen, denn immer wieder war ich am rätseln wer was gemacht haben könnte.
Man verdächtigt jeden und doch den falschen?
Aufmerksam lesen ist angesagt.
Aber ob man dann schneller den Mörder findet als Elma und ihre Kollegen?

Um den Überblick, bei den ganzen Protagonisten, zu behalten, hilft das Personenverzeichnis am Ende des Buches weiter. So weiß man immer wer wer ist und besonders bei den isländischen Namen ist es hilfreich.

"Verlogen" ist ein Island Krimi, der durch psychologische Finesse heraus sticht und besonders für die kalten und dunklen Tage geeignet ist.

Ich freue mich definitiv auf den nächsten Band und kann es kaum erwarten wieder mit Elma und Sævar zu ermitteln. 

erisch's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

mpr2000's review

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4.0

Since the beginning the title of the book intrigued me “Girls Who Lie”, because, haven’t we all lied once?
So, it will not be difficult to feel connected one way or the other with this story and their characters; the victim Maríanna, her daughter Hekla or the main investigator of the case, Elma. Which one you’ll choose?
This is a book to remember that we all have secrets and some of them are so dangerous that can kill us. But most importantly, this is a story about motherhood, a mysterious woman will share her diary with us; the need to connect with her daughter but how she feels a burden instead. Who is this mysterious woman and daughter related to the story? And then we have the relationship between Maríanna and Hekla; distant, cold… she left 7 months ago with just a note and now her body appeared in the caves… It’s a suicide or someone killed her?
There are so many possible suspects that it will be impossible to not make your own guesses and stories while you are reading the book.
I’ll admit that I don’t know what part of the story intrigued me most, the mystery from the past, the one from the present or Elma’s life. They are all cleverly presented and written that it is impossible to stop reading page after page till the end.
Are you ready to be one of the “Girls Who Lie”?