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A review by phoenix_down
The Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard
2.0
This was a failed buddy read, so it took me quite a while to get around to finishing it.
I was hooked in the first half of the book. After that, it just dragged. There was no major plot twist that compelled me to keep going- I finished it for completion.
The writing also gave me a headache- it felt poorly written in the second half.
2 examples stuck out to me for this:
Page 302: “Malone was shaking me and, after a moment of sheer terror when I didn’t know where I was or whose arms were around me, I realized that they weren’t constricting me but supporting me, and we were sitting so close, and I could only look at him, not quite at his face but down at his chest, and a heat bloomed between us, and his arms closed around me, pulling me in, and it felt like melting, like disappearing, or everything else disappearing, and I breathed in deep, pulling him in, and he pulled me closer-“
That was ONE SENTENCE
Pages 355-356 when Alek sees her and is worried at the sight of her: “I’m fine” and then “Really. It’s worse than it looks”
That makes you not fine :(
Also this happened in the span of a week and you’re telling me that her and Malone kind of have a thing for each other? Questionable
And WILL- this man. The fact that he came clean and said he killed Liz, served time, and then lied to Ali about what happened that night? Sir. But I guess i get it. Man wanted out after 10 years
Also note- I’m primarily a fantasy and Romance reader. Murder mystery/ thrillers are not up my alley. For that reason, please take this review with a grain of salt
I was hooked in the first half of the book. After that, it just dragged. There was no major plot twist that compelled me to keep going- I finished it for completion.
The writing also gave me a headache- it felt poorly written in the second half.
2 examples stuck out to me for this:
Page 302: “Malone was shaking me and, after a moment of sheer terror when I didn’t know where I was or whose arms were around me, I realized that they weren’t constricting me but supporting me, and we were sitting so close, and I could only look at him, not quite at his face but down at his chest, and a heat bloomed between us, and his arms closed around me, pulling me in, and it felt like melting, like disappearing, or everything else disappearing, and I breathed in deep, pulling him in, and he pulled me closer-“
That was ONE SENTENCE
Pages 355-356 when Alek sees her and is worried at the sight of her: “I’m fine” and then “Really. It’s worse than it looks”
That makes you not fine :(
Also this happened in the span of a week and you’re telling me that her and Malone kind of have a thing for each other? Questionable
And WILL- this man. The fact that he came clean and said he killed Liz, served time, and then lied to Ali about what happened that night? Sir. But I guess i get it. Man wanted out after 10 years
Also note- I’m primarily a fantasy and Romance reader. Murder mystery/ thrillers are not up my alley. For that reason, please take this review with a grain of salt