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A review by cpaul89
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
4.0
This novel took me on a ride. As I read, I often jot notes about my impression as I go along. Some of this is to hold myself accountable when I think I had a book figured out. Haha.
What follows are some of my notes:
- An Unlikable and Unreliable narrator is a fun start.
- So it turns out she isn't unreliable, she's just hiding things from every character she meets and the reader the only one getting to know who she really is.
- Major twists along the way that I did not see coming and had no idea what effect they would have.
As I wrapped up reading, I still felt this about the twists and turns. So many threads of the storyline I really wasn't sure how they would resolve or tie in.
It feels challenging to outline much of a synopsis without giving something away. I think this is a pretty fun and easy read. I don't love books that are written in first person present tense because the sentence structure starts to feel repetitive and I get distracted by it.
Some of the writing felt off to me. I can't quite explain it. The main character, Evie, receives instructions from her mysterious boss quite a bit throughout the story. Those instructions always seemed amateur. I'm not sure if it was intentional or not.
I would love to know what anyone who has read or does read First Lie Wins thinks about it.
What follows are some of my notes:
- An Unlikable and Unreliable narrator is a fun start.
- So it turns out she isn't unreliable, she's just hiding things from every character she meets and the reader the only one getting to know who she really is.
- Major twists along the way that I did not see coming and had no idea what effect they would have.
As I wrapped up reading, I still felt this about the twists and turns. So many threads of the storyline I really wasn't sure how they would resolve or tie in.
It feels challenging to outline much of a synopsis without giving something away. I think this is a pretty fun and easy read. I don't love books that are written in first person present tense because the sentence structure starts to feel repetitive and I get distracted by it.
Some of the writing felt off to me. I can't quite explain it. The main character, Evie, receives instructions from her mysterious boss quite a bit throughout the story. Those instructions always seemed amateur. I'm not sure if it was intentional or not.
I would love to know what anyone who has read or does read First Lie Wins thinks about it.