Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

71 reviews

harper_simmons's review against another edition

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book and the way it’s written. It has separated chapters from when the character is in the coma, before she got into the coma, and when they were younger. 

The whole book I was questioning who actually did it and I was shocked with what happened. The ending left me confused and wanting more.

I had moments where I had to go back and reread with more information that I was given so it made me take longer to read. 

Overall, amazing read. Would recommend. 

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chilivanilli28's review against another edition

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

3.5


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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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clrouse's review against another edition

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

3.0


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nat_foerster's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5


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sydneyolshak's review against another edition

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

3.5


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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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marieqc's review against another edition

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

3.0

content warnings: rape, abuse, murder, etc. there's a lot
it was entertaining until it got too graphic for me

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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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_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.0


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