Reviews with content warning for Rape - Sometimes I Lie

I feel like this book kept me interested and I wanted to keep reading it all the way through, but the author didn’t know how to end it. Overall still enjoyable, but the ending just kinda happens. Just meh.

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sofiam19's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

A bit darker than I was expecting but liked the twists and turns overall

Could’ve probably left out the hospital rape scene no? Not sure how it added to the story after knowing what happens to her prior by Edward

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kjlewis494's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-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

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lothwolfjedi's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

Un thriller super efficace, qui m'a un peu perdue parfois, mais les twists sont tous très surprenant alors on pardonne à l'autrice de nous avoir égaré.

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ezbaxz's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5- I’m so bummed I can’t rate this higher. This was gripping and twisty, but I’d argue maybe a bit too twisty. The unreliable narrator structure here is convoluted to keep you from knowing how it will end, but it also keeps you from knowing what the hell is happening as it’s unraveling. Kind of confusing, and there’s a couple of things that never really get explained which add to the confusion. Plus this girl just cannot catch a break like the number of terrible things that happen to her is so beyond implausible.

This really sucked me in though, and I loved the slight horror aspect with some of the dream states - really unexpected and eerie. Definitely see why people rave about this book - it was intriguing and intense. I just felt like some of the plot points could have been more carefully wrapped up.

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stregatto's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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

not a thriller expert here but the book was filled with so many cliches it felt unbelievable or too much to me at a certain point, there can only be so many sociopaths in the same story. but pushing past credibility, following the story and trying to predict the twists was still fun to do.

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aobert95's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious

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

3.5

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frosttea's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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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