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t0ast_and_t3a 's review for:
Listen for the Lie
by Amy Tintera
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First, this is a book you should listen to—they do a great job of producing the podcast aspects of the story, as well as dual narration.
Aside from that, this has everything a good, solid “whodunnit” needs. Many red herrings, twists and turns, and an ending where it comes together. I had MANY theories, and one of them was right, but not my first one, which explains its rating because I typically figure it out in the first quarter of the book. There was just one—well, two things, really, but with all the clues, I’d argue they were connected—thing that felt a bit open-ended for me, so that’s where the story lost half a star. (Only a half a star because I might just be making connections where there really were none due to spoken-narrative inference.)
Aside from that, this has everything a good, solid “whodunnit” needs. Many red herrings, twists and turns, and an ending where it comes together. I had MANY theories, and one of them was right, but not my first one, which explains its rating because I typically figure it out in the first quarter of the book. There was just one—well, two things, really, but with all the clues, I’d argue they were connected—thing that felt a bit open-ended for me, so that’s where the story lost half a star. (Only a half a star because I might just be making connections where there really were none due to spoken-narrative inference.)