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A review by smnop
The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle
2.0
Overall I'd rate the novel 2.5/5. Good for a quick holiday read or listen but not a book you'd read again and again.
I have to preface that I listened to the audiobook and I was hooked within the first 5 minutes. Unfortunately I couldn't help laughing at the female narrator's male character voices or the way she'd state the line that was something like "My most favourite person" and those would often take me out of the moment. That said the premise is great, but I wished that it fell less into the typical cliches, stereotypes and tropes of the mystery thriller genre. The further into the story I got, the more cliches were incorporated and it lost the intrigue that captivated me at the beginning. I was also a bit disappointed in the character development, especially saddened by the way the minority character was described and developed.
I have to preface that I listened to the audiobook and I was hooked within the first 5 minutes. Unfortunately I couldn't help laughing at the female narrator's male character voices or the way she'd state the line that was something like "My most favourite person" and those would often take me out of the moment. That said the premise is great, but I wished that it fell less into the typical cliches, stereotypes and tropes of the mystery thriller genre. The further into the story I got, the more cliches were incorporated and it lost the intrigue that captivated me at the beginning. I was also a bit disappointed in the character development, especially saddened by the way the minority character was described and developed.