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Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

19 reviews

yellowdays99's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Wow this was so boring I don’t even know how I finished the book.

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velvetreads_'s review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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lizwarnerr's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was quite confusing and I’m honestly still not 100% what happened. The MC is in a coma, and you go between different POVs - her childhood, her in the coma, and a diary. 


She has a sister Claire. Her diary talks about a friend Taylor. You then find out really late in the book that the diaries are her “sisters” diaries. They became sisters because Claire burned down the house. The MC (Amber Taylor) is in the coma because Claire crashed her car because she thought Amber’s husband found out she started the fire. 

There’s some random other side plots too - that Amber has OCD, that Amber hates her boss and wants to get her fired, that this random man rapes and is obsessed with Amber. 

It turns out Amber’s boss is Claire’s godmother and took the house from her after the fire so they were getting revenge on her. 

In the end, you find out that apparently Amber had told Claire to start the fire. When Amber gets out of the hospital, she poisons Claire and her husband, starts the house on fire, pins it on the boss, and takes their kids. 

I literally have no idea what to think? It seemed so disorganized and maybe the goal was that you shouldn’t really trust anyone? It was way too confusing — I love a good plot twist, but this just didn’t make sense

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madlain's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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lulureading's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book broke me lol. I've been reading fantasy romances since because this book was such a bummer. It's just a real feel-bad story. It doesn't have a happy ending as far as I'm concerned. So many terrible things happen from start to finish. I hated all of the characters. 

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alexisgarcia's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

please PLEASE check the trigger warnings  before reading!!

i felt like the coma chapters were really slow and dragged for me. the twists were okay but some of them seemed so pointless. some of the twists were unnecessary and awful. it brought the book down so far for me. there was no reason for some of the book content to be in there. 

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karajferg's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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faithmari's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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goodin10tions's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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