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A review by owlyreadsalot
The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan
3.0
2.5 Stars
This novel had me all over the place. It's one that sent me through some crazy loops, then really got twisted, and somehow found it's place back in a somewhat straight line. Yes, this book is that bizarre, and that unbelievable. But, for a good chunk of this, that seemed to work out fine. It just wasn't always the best of settings, or the most fun to get myself through.
There was a lot of are they aren't they? How is that all possible? Why is it so complicated? And where does that leave me as a reader who thought there is just no way. But, again, not that it was all bad, just that it took way too many twisty, windy, bendy, turns to get to the final results. Let's not forget that's what a good thriller/mystery book will have, but at many times in-between it went somewhat off-kilter rather than the latter.
What seems like a book that is following multiple characters, name after name, turns out to be nothing but, with much head scratching I could've done without. Can't leave out though, that the whole premise of an evil pharmaceutical corporation getting ridiculously out of control, is not always so far-fetched. It's what kept me invested, the over-the-top antics of this one company, everything that was behind the madness of these two women linked for all time.
There definitely was a story here that held my attention for a good chunk of the novel. Even, if everything else might have given me a bit of a headache. Well, more than just a bit, because it really started getting me all kinds of irate with how far-fetched the main characters stories were becoming. By that, I mean how they connect in the end and everything that got them there. Like really, I couldn't tell it was you at all... hmm. Still, it got my mid off of things for a bit.
***I received this copy from Forge Books, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.***
This novel had me all over the place. It's one that sent me through some crazy loops, then really got twisted, and somehow found it's place back in a somewhat straight line. Yes, this book is that bizarre, and that unbelievable. But, for a good chunk of this, that seemed to work out fine. It just wasn't always the best of settings, or the most fun to get myself through.
There was a lot of are they aren't they? How is that all possible? Why is it so complicated? And where does that leave me as a reader who thought there is just no way. But, again, not that it was all bad, just that it took way too many twisty, windy, bendy, turns to get to the final results. Let's not forget that's what a good thriller/mystery book will have, but at many times in-between it went somewhat off-kilter rather than the latter.
What seems like a book that is following multiple characters, name after name, turns out to be nothing but, with much head scratching I could've done without. Can't leave out though, that the whole premise of an evil pharmaceutical corporation getting ridiculously out of control, is not always so far-fetched. It's what kept me invested, the over-the-top antics of this one company, everything that was behind the madness of these two women linked for all time.
There definitely was a story here that held my attention for a good chunk of the novel. Even, if everything else might have given me a bit of a headache. Well, more than just a bit, because it really started getting me all kinds of irate with how far-fetched the main characters stories were becoming. By that, I mean how they connect in the end and everything that got them there. Like really, I couldn't tell it was you at all... hmm. Still, it got my mid off of things for a bit.
***I received this copy from Forge Books, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.***