Reviews with content warning for Pregnancy - Sometimes I Lie

what the FUCK was this book. i thought i knew what was going on and then it just kept turning and twisting. the reveals had me in shock every time, though the ending was ugggh.
there is a graphic rape scene 80% of the way through the book as a warning.

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sarahboucher's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

3.75

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readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.75

Second book I have read by this author and it didn’t compare to her other one- this one was pretty confusing to me, weird pacing/felt slow at times, and I feel like it didn’t fully resolve the way I desired.

Definitely had some twists and turns I didn’t see coming, but also had some graphic details of sexual assault/rape and murder that were just too much for me.

Not one I would recommend to others.

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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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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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reburkah's review against another edition

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mysterious tense slow-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

2.25

I felt this book to be incredibly slow. It dragged on forever and the book is less than 300 pages. The narrator is unlikable and I was uninterested in what happened to her.

The rape scene was entirely unnecessary and added nothing to the plot. There was no need for that character at all.

I wish there had been more definition between diary and real life as I found it to be confusing to what had actually happened. The scenes where she was in the coma were redundant and boring which ruins the excitement of the book considering it's about a character in a coma.

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theimposter's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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dnlrbchd's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad 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

This one was a bit of a mess. Stuck it out because I've liked some of Feeney's other books but this one didn't totally do it for me.

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