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Lies, Lies, Lies
by Adele Parks
Lies Lies Lies is a mix of a hard-hitting drama and an over-the top thriller. The first half of the novel was successful in bringing me in and I was really enjoying the drama aspects. There is a very tense introduction that was exactly what I was looking for and it was just interesting reading about these people’s daily lives. Gradually this transitioned into an account of alcoholism that was just so vivid and realistic and I was totally enraptured. The novel then took a turn that I didn’t really see coming and it just got crazier from there. This is where it totally lost me, as the two portions didn’t even feel like the same book.
The characters felt like real people and I was always interested in what they were doing. This is a massive page-turner, with even the most mundane aspects of life filled with a tense atmosphere and the writing was just perfect at creating this felling of unease throughout the novel. I really enjoyed the stream of consciousnesses narration used for Simon in the story, especially in the middle where the twists were most realistic. The author also did a good job of making every single character feel separate and that made the mystery components much more interesting in the latter half of the novel.
That half did suffer from a huge difference in pace between the first and second section. If the novel was as slow and tense as the first half throughout I would definitely have liked it better. I did enjoy the first half immensely, but the second half did drag the whole novel down quite a bit with much of the tense atmosphere from the first half turned up to eleven. Usually I like a high octane thriller, but after enjoying the first half as much as I did I just couldn’t get into it.
With great writing, interesting character dynamics, but a unrealistic thriller ending I can definitly see the appeal for this type of novel. Hardcore drama readers looking for something with a bit more of thriller aspects would love this novel. Happy Reading!
3.5 stars
The characters felt like real people and I was always interested in what they were doing. This is a massive page-turner, with even the most mundane aspects of life filled with a tense atmosphere and the writing was just perfect at creating this felling of unease throughout the novel. I really enjoyed the stream of consciousnesses narration used for Simon in the story, especially in the middle where the twists were most realistic. The author also did a good job of making every single character feel separate and that made the mystery components much more interesting in the latter half of the novel.
That half did suffer from a huge difference in pace between the first and second section. If the novel was as slow and tense as the first half throughout I would definitely have liked it better. I did enjoy the first half immensely, but the second half did drag the whole novel down quite a bit with much of the tense atmosphere from the first half turned up to eleven. Usually I like a high octane thriller, but after enjoying the first half as much as I did I just couldn’t get into it.
With great writing, interesting character dynamics, but a unrealistic thriller ending I can definitly see the appeal for this type of novel. Hardcore drama readers looking for something with a bit more of thriller aspects would love this novel. Happy Reading!
3.5 stars