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A review by emjayae149
Tell Me No Lies by Alex Sinclair
1.0
TELL ME NO LIES by Alex Sinclair did not hold my attention. I felt the storyline had potential but was not particularly well executed. There is excessive and unnecessary repetition during the first half of the book that made it a slog to get through. The latter half was a faster read given Grace finally decides to stop asking herself the same questions over and over again, and actually tries to get answers.
In the end, I did not believe in the characters nor the story. I felt too much information was held back in an attempt to maintain the suspense. Further, the relationship between Grace and John had me scratching my head. One minute they are both excited to be celebrating their anniversary, the next we discover that it’s all smoke and mirrors. I don’t mind an unreliable narrator in a thriller but with Grace it often felt like a case of self-delusion but with the expectation that the reader will be empathetic. I was not.
Review copy courtesy of Netgalley
In the end, I did not believe in the characters nor the story. I felt too much information was held back in an attempt to maintain the suspense. Further, the relationship between Grace and John had me scratching my head. One minute they are both excited to be celebrating their anniversary, the next we discover that it’s all smoke and mirrors. I don’t mind an unreliable narrator in a thriller but with Grace it often felt like a case of self-delusion but with the expectation that the reader will be empathetic. I was not.
Review copy courtesy of Netgalley