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A review by cyndibecker
Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks
4.0
This book might be better titled "Secrets, Secrets, Secrets", as the two main characters, couple Daisy and Simon, seem to withhold pretty important information from each other. I suppose the next recourse to that then leads to the Lies, Lies, Lies. And there are plenty of them. Mix well-intended friends with Simon's addiction to alcohol, and add in new information about their daughter Millie, and we've got a perfect storm.
The story is told from the points of both Daisy and Simon. I struggled a bit this as Daisy is in a first-person POV, while Simon is told through the third person. I suppose that drew me into Daisy's side more, but that felt like a given. Especially as we witness Simon's behavior. When the story opens he is pushing Daisy to see a fertility doctor when she's clearly stated she's not sure she wants another child. This activity is pivotal in what they go through over the following months. This leads to his disease (alcoholism), taking over their lives and leads to a cataclysmic event that forever changes and forces both Daisy and Simonto to tell the truth.
While the first third of the book is all set up, getting to know Daisy, Simon, Millie, and their friends. It's in the rest of the story is where their lives are unraveled. Daisy will be confronted by the worst kind of man and this is where her secrets pile up and force her down a path that is truly frightening, something that is hard to contemplate. But she's lost some control over her life. It's hard going for her and while she's not ready to forgive Simon, she less than ready for what she is confronted with. At this point, we start to see a new side to Simon. He really starts to examine his addiction, his behavior and recognizes that the struggle that never goes away. I started to feel very sorry for him as well.
I think Adele Parks does a great job developing the characters and the plot kept me very invested in the outcome. I started to feel anxious about it was going and I ended up reading the last two-thirds of the book in one fell swoop. I recommend this book to any reader of domestic suspense. 4 Stars!
The story is told from the points of both Daisy and Simon. I struggled a bit this as Daisy is in a first-person POV, while Simon is told through the third person. I suppose that drew me into Daisy's side more, but that felt like a given. Especially as we witness Simon's behavior. When the story opens he is pushing Daisy to see a fertility doctor when she's clearly stated she's not sure she wants another child. This activity is pivotal in what they go through over the following months. This leads to his disease (alcoholism), taking over their lives and leads to a cataclysmic event that forever changes and forces both Daisy and Simonto to tell the truth.
While the first third of the book is all set up, getting to know Daisy, Simon, Millie, and their friends. It's in the rest of the story is where their lives are unraveled. Daisy will be confronted by the worst kind of man and this is where her secrets pile up and force her down a path that is truly frightening, something that is hard to contemplate. But she's lost some control over her life. It's hard going for her and while she's not ready to forgive Simon, she less than ready for what she is confronted with. At this point, we start to see a new side to Simon. He really starts to examine his addiction, his behavior and recognizes that the struggle that never goes away. I started to feel very sorry for him as well.
I think Adele Parks does a great job developing the characters and the plot kept me very invested in the outcome. I started to feel anxious about it was going and I ended up reading the last two-thirds of the book in one fell swoop. I recommend this book to any reader of domestic suspense. 4 Stars!