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A review by marie_22
The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.75
I love mysteries and this sounded like it would be right up my alley, so I was stoked to receive an arc for this book.
I found the premise of the story to be very intriguing. Ariel receives a mysterious text from her dead boyfriend's old number, asking her to meet him. Confused and shocked by this message, Ariel sets out to uncover what’s going on, and the story takes off from there.
Unfortunately, it didn’t really deliver though, imo. The beginning was slow and a bit messy, which made it kind of hard to get into. I was still interested to find out what happened to Drew and where the story was going, but the pacing was so slow, I kept getting bored. Also, I just never really cared about any of the characters, they felt one-dimensional, and therefore the stakes were kind of low for me.
All in all, it was an easy read once I got past the first few chapters, but I think this story would have benefitted from being way shorter, 432 pages weren’t necessary to tell this story.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc in exchange for an honest review.
I found the premise of the story to be very intriguing. Ariel receives a mysterious text from her dead boyfriend's old number, asking her to meet him. Confused and shocked by this message, Ariel sets out to uncover what’s going on, and the story takes off from there.
Unfortunately, it didn’t really deliver though, imo. The beginning was slow and a bit messy, which made it kind of hard to get into. I was still interested to find out what happened to Drew and where the story was going, but the pacing was so slow, I kept getting bored. Also, I just never really cared about any of the characters, they felt one-dimensional, and therefore the stakes were kind of low for me.
All in all, it was an easy read once I got past the first few chapters, but I think this story would have benefitted from being way shorter, 432 pages weren’t necessary to tell this story.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc in exchange for an honest review.