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A review by joyceheinen
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Amber is in a coma with locked-in-syndrom. She hears everything, but can’t move, speak or open her eyes. She has no idea how she ended up in the hospital, but she thinks her husband has something to do with it.
“Sometimes I Lie” is Alice Feeney’s debut novel and an impressive one. The book is written from Amber’s perspective. We read about the present day, diary entries from her childhood years and the period leading up to the accident. Throughout the story, you get little pieces of information that will eventually fall into place. You have no idea who to trust, not even Amber, because she has no recollection of what happened. And Feeney manages to surprise us with some surprising twists and reveals. Something that she does in all the novels that I have read by her.
There are little clues throughout the book that eventually come together, but still the twists are very surprising. It’s a well-crafted story. Not all characters are as interesting, it’s mostly the connections between certain characters that make it such a good story.
Alice Feeney has now become an auto-buy author, I love her writing style, her twists, the way she sets up her stories and eventually surprises us with a surprising reveal.
“Sometimes I Lie” is Alice Feeney’s debut novel and an impressive one. The book is written from Amber’s perspective. We read about the present day, diary entries from her childhood years and the period leading up to the accident. Throughout the story, you get little pieces of information that will eventually fall into place. You have no idea who to trust, not even Amber, because she has no recollection of what happened. And Feeney manages to surprise us with some surprising twists and reveals. Something that she does in all the novels that I have read by her.
There are little clues throughout the book that eventually come together, but still the twists are very surprising. It’s a well-crafted story. Not all characters are as interesting, it’s mostly the connections between certain characters that make it such a good story.
Alice Feeney has now become an auto-buy author, I love her writing style, her twists, the way she sets up her stories and eventually surprises us with a surprising reveal.