Reviews with content warning for Toxic friendship - Sometimes I Lie

I really liked this book but the ending kind of left me confused. I would have rated it 4 stars until really the last few lines of the book. Is Claire still alive? What happened to Edward? I don’t like all of the loose ends that aren’t tied up. It also took me a while to shift the back story characters between Claire and Amber, especially because 70% of the book you assume the diaries are Amber’s. So, my mind was trying to figure that out for most of the back end of the book. It was a bit far fetched to me that Amber’s family would dislike her that much that they’d leave everything to someone who isn’t really their daughter? I guess there was just too many unanswered questions for me. I was really intrigued though and did enjoy this story and the concepts. Definitely going to look into other peoples’ theories on what they perceived the ending as!

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clairemitchell's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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hannag4's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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reka111's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Some people appear happy on the outside and you only know they're broken inside if you listen as well as look

Well, I don't know how to feel about this book. I really don't know, and I don't know if I'll ever know, to be honest.

It was really full of twists, brutal parts, etc., but for me something was missing. However, I liked that past, present and future met at the same time.

The plot was quite enjoyable, I won't say it dragged me along all the way, but it kept my attention for a while, although the beginning was difficult to get going. The wording wasn't bad, it could have been better, but that's it. But what I absolutely liked was the real rawness, it was lifelike and extremely realistic. The ending felt a bit unfinished and too fast, but not everything could be perfect. For a read, it was good.

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redlerred's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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ivykennerauthor's review against another edition

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dark mysterious

Loveable characters? No

3.5

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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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