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A review by gggina13
Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent
4.0
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early copy! This book’s out now, though, if you’re interested!
3.5 stars probably in actuality.
Beckett lives in a small town, 3 miles wide, one high school, two detectives at the local police station, two funeral homes, etc. So when Beckett finds a dead baby in a duffel bag in the girls’ locker room at school, it rocks the town immediately.
One of the two detectives in town is Beckett’s mom, and she gets assigned to the case. Immediately, people assume Beckett is the one who gave birth to the baby. Beckett has an older brother, Penn, and a younger sister, Landry, and their dad recently died a little over 6 months ago. Their family is pretty splintered after it - they still love each other, but they all move pretty independently from each other. The case of Lullaby Doe, as she’s soon named by the media, brings the family members back together pretty quickly.
Beckett wants to clear her name, and obviously even if not, she kinda just wants to know the baby’s true story. She finds out secrets about her loved ones along the way. She suspects a lot of her loved ones along the way. Her (ex?)boyfriend, her best friend who recently came back into her life... none of them are safe from her suspecting them in the case of the baby.
It all sounds so dramatic but it was really done in a pretty emotional and generally stable way. Beckett has genuinely normal reactions to the things she finds out and never flies off the rails or anything like that. She does end up in a few arguments with people in her life, but everyone has pretty decent communication skills.
As far as the actual baby storyline, there’s some conversation about lack of attention, and how there was some person out there who went through a whole pregnancy and births with no one noticing. Everyone starts suspecting everyone just because it’s so hard to believe you’d let yourself miss that kind of thing happening in someone’s life. But, life isn’t always that simple. There’s also discussion about sex ed and prenatal health and basically just the circumstances that lead to a situation like the one in the story.
I think it was well done, I think there were plenty of possibilities presented for the conclusion, and I think it’s dark enough to attract teens who like to read that sort of thing without being gratuitous, unrealistic, or obscene.
3.5 stars probably in actuality.
Beckett lives in a small town, 3 miles wide, one high school, two detectives at the local police station, two funeral homes, etc. So when Beckett finds a dead baby in a duffel bag in the girls’ locker room at school, it rocks the town immediately.
One of the two detectives in town is Beckett’s mom, and she gets assigned to the case. Immediately, people assume Beckett is the one who gave birth to the baby. Beckett has an older brother, Penn, and a younger sister, Landry, and their dad recently died a little over 6 months ago. Their family is pretty splintered after it - they still love each other, but they all move pretty independently from each other. The case of Lullaby Doe, as she’s soon named by the media, brings the family members back together pretty quickly.
Beckett wants to clear her name, and obviously even if not, she kinda just wants to know the baby’s true story. She finds out secrets about her loved ones along the way. She suspects a lot of her loved ones along the way. Her (ex?)boyfriend, her best friend who recently came back into her life... none of them are safe from her suspecting them in the case of the baby.
It all sounds so dramatic but it was really done in a pretty emotional and generally stable way. Beckett has genuinely normal reactions to the things she finds out and never flies off the rails or anything like that. She does end up in a few arguments with people in her life, but everyone has pretty decent communication skills.
As far as the actual baby storyline, there’s some conversation about lack of attention, and how there was some person out there who went through a whole pregnancy and births with no one noticing. Everyone starts suspecting everyone just because it’s so hard to believe you’d let yourself miss that kind of thing happening in someone’s life. But, life isn’t always that simple. There’s also discussion about sex ed and prenatal health and basically just the circumstances that lead to a situation like the one in the story.
I think it was well done, I think there were plenty of possibilities presented for the conclusion, and I think it’s dark enough to attract teens who like to read that sort of thing without being gratuitous, unrealistic, or obscene.