Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by pagesplotsandpints
Count My Lies by Sophie Stava
3.0
Read Completed 3/8/25 | 3 stars | Book #30 of 2025
HMMM. I'm torn on this one. It was easy to read, easy to follow, but I had multiple issues with it.
1. It's a slow burn, which isn't always a bad thing, but you really need a bang in order for the slow burn to really land. And there is a bang but...
2. The twist is something that's been done numerous times before, has been a point of controversy about having been done before, and didn't make the slow burn worth it because it's been done before. It was surprising the first time I saw it. It felt repetitive the second time I saw it. Seeing it here... nah. If you want to know, it's 75% almost exactly likeThe Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine, except the husband is just a cheater, not physically and emotionally abusive ...
3. And the ending just really didn't do it for me. I kind of liked the idea of it, but I do NOT think that it could have been pulled off at all. With all of today's technology.... just not possible. Not gonna happen. There were multiple holes in this idea and I just can't imagine it being successful.
It's kind of a hard book to talk about without spoilers, so that's really all I want to say about all of that. The beginning was interesting, but I still felt like there could have been more to it. I was interested in the characters and where the thriller part was going and was to come in, so I was still interested in the plot as a whole. I didn't really hate it when I got to the ending, but I just didn't believe it at all. I was mostly frustrated with the twist. I think I would have rather known about it the whole time, having already read this exact twist AND pacing AND reveal point multiple times before.
This will definitely land hard for a lot of readers. Will it land for seasoned thriller readers who know these books? I'm not sure.
HMMM. I'm torn on this one. It was easy to read, easy to follow, but I had multiple issues with it.
1. It's a slow burn, which isn't always a bad thing, but you really need a bang in order for the slow burn to really land. And there is a bang but...
2. The twist is something that's been done numerous times before, has been a point of controversy about having been done before, and didn't make the slow burn worth it because it's been done before. It was surprising the first time I saw it. It felt repetitive the second time I saw it. Seeing it here... nah. If you want to know, it's 75% almost exactly like
3. And the ending just really didn't do it for me. I kind of liked the idea of it, but I do NOT think that it could have been pulled off at all. With all of today's technology.... just not possible. Not gonna happen. There were multiple holes in this idea and I just can't imagine it being successful.
It's kind of a hard book to talk about without spoilers, so that's really all I want to say about all of that. The beginning was interesting, but I still felt like there could have been more to it. I was interested in the characters and where the thriller part was going and was to come in, so I was still interested in the plot as a whole. I didn't really hate it when I got to the ending, but I just didn't believe it at all. I was mostly frustrated with the twist. I think I would have rather known about it the whole time, having already read this exact twist AND pacing AND reveal point multiple times before.
This will definitely land hard for a lot of readers. Will it land for seasoned thriller readers who know these books? I'm not sure.