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A review by lizwarnerr
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury