Review by beckyyreadss - Sometimes I Lie

beckyyreadss 's review for:

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

3.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wanted to read this book because I enjoy Alice Feeney’s work and always wanting to read more of her work. I don’t think this book was as good as her other work, but it was still messed up.

This book is based on Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about her. 1, she is in a coma. 2, her husband doesn’t love her anymore. 3, sometimes she lies. Amber wakes up in a hospital, she can’t move, she can't speak, she can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this psychological thriller is something really a lie if you believe the truth?

I will love Alice’s style of writing, for a debut, it was easy to follow, it wasn’t too hard and didn’t hurt my head. Even though this isn’t the first book of Alice’s I've read. I know not to trust any of her characters, even the MC who we are supposed to love and root for. The storyline was intriguing with the coma aspect and learning bit by bit on what happened and how we got to this point. I kinda of figured it wasn’t the husband because it’s never the obvious suspect and the husband was too easy. Once you get pass the first part of building up everything, the why she is in a coma, the who's who of the story, the action and the twists are kind of worth it and I ended up wanting to stay up late to finish this book to find out who caused the accident.

I didn’t like the jumps between her childhood and then the week before and then the present. I understand why it was done and why it needed to be done, but I just didn’t like it. I would have liked maybe the childhood bit first and then the jumps, I was just skimming over the childhood diary entries. I would have liked more of a conclusion, with her other books, most of the answers are revealed and there are a few things opened for questioning, but I felt like this whole ending could be questioned? What happened to Edward? Was he charged? Is he dead?

I would have loved for this to be dual POV especially with her husband because he knew more than he was letting on and I wanted to be in his brain more than her brain at times. Overall, I'm glad I didn’t start with this book of Alice Feeney’s, or I might not have gone back to her work,

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