A review by vivisms_82
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

dark funny mysterious
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Dark thriller with a dash of comedy. The complexities of intimate relationships with friends, family and lovers were well written and at times icky and messy- just like real life. Yeah I knew it was a thriller but was not expecting the
domestic violence and violence overall
- not complaining; I thought the author did a good job and I have no doubt many people can (unfortunately) relate to the
gaslighting of Matt's abuse and the Emmett craziness - him not getting that "no" 100% means respect my "no" and back off
I would have rated it higher but I had big issues with the character of
Savvy and the flippant/deranged way she talks about outright killing men that go too far. A hard slap fine but gosh she stabbed that dude to the point of overkill!! And then thought it was ok to kill Matt - don't get me wrong he was a grad A piece of shit but still to KILL him?
I really liked the honesty of (and many men will no doubt disagree - but in my experience this is right on accurate)
men believing other men
. However, I was baffled by Lucy's parents.
Their openly cheating relationship was weird but worst was the rationale to withhold information and also trust in Matt over Lucy - who abused her for years was disgusting. I'm glad granny Bev addressed that!!!!
Speaking of which, Granny Bev was an awesome character!! I was curious how the author was going to explain
Savvy's skin found under Lucy's nails and Lucy bruising her but the attack scene and struggle was well written and totally bought it.
The ending was ok but lacked the oomph I was hoping for. Not a perfect book, but still an enjoyable page turner :)
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