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Two Truths and a Lie
by Meg Mitchell Moore
DID NOT FINISH
To remind myself of why I picked this up in the first place (aside from the fact it was on sale for a very low price and I've been wanting to give genres I don't normally read a try for a while now), here's the quote that drew me to it:
"A blend of propulsive thriller and gorgeous summer read, Two Truths and a Lie reminds us that happiness isn't always a day at the beach, some secrets aren't meant to be shared, and the most precious things are the people we love."
I DNF'd this at 65 pages. Maybe that doesn't seem long enough to give a verdict, but after skimming through and even reading the ending to see if there's any sign of this propulsive thriller that was advertised to me, I realized that nothing was going to change or get interesting.
What did I get, then?
- The world's most obvious twist around a character's dark past.
- One of the whiniest, bitchiest, most insufferable characters I've read in a long time. (Seriously. WAS I SUPPOSED TO LIKE ALEXA?)
- A cliquey group of wine moms who all blended into one another (which I suppose was the point) with no depth to them aside from being catty and proving that their best days were in high school.
- Writing that was more interested in blandly telling the story rather than showing it, with endless brand-name dropping and stating of the obvious to explain character motivations.
There was a potential mystery in here. A potential thrill. Every page, all I could think was "if it was written like this, if it was arranged like that, if these characters were the only POV characters vs these characters or vice-versa."
That's not a good feeling to have.
No rating. Didn't get far enough to justify giving one.
"A blend of propulsive thriller and gorgeous summer read, Two Truths and a Lie reminds us that happiness isn't always a day at the beach, some secrets aren't meant to be shared, and the most precious things are the people we love."
I DNF'd this at 65 pages. Maybe that doesn't seem long enough to give a verdict, but after skimming through and even reading the ending to see if there's any sign of this propulsive thriller that was advertised to me, I realized that nothing was going to change or get interesting.
What did I get, then?
- The world's most obvious twist around a character's dark past.
- One of the whiniest, bitchiest, most insufferable characters I've read in a long time. (Seriously. WAS I SUPPOSED TO LIKE ALEXA?)
- A cliquey group of wine moms who all blended into one another (which I suppose was the point) with no depth to them aside from being catty and proving that their best days were in high school.
- Writing that was more interested in blandly telling the story rather than showing it, with endless brand-name dropping and stating of the obvious to explain character motivations.
There was a potential mystery in here. A potential thrill. Every page, all I could think was "if it was written like this, if it was arranged like that, if these characters were the only POV characters vs these characters or vice-versa."
That's not a good feeling to have.
No rating. Didn't get far enough to justify giving one.