Reviews with content warning for Infidelity - Listen For The Lie

I thought this was going to be just another crime podcast thriller, but by 40% I was completely hooked. It was gritty, fast paced, with sarcastic humor, and a hilarious vodka-loving grandma.

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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

I loved reading this book and I think the storyline was so good. I will say, however, that my favorite thing about this book is the unreliable narrator. Do I know if the ending is what really happened? No I don’t, and the fact that I don’t know makes this book so much better in my eyes.

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed this book! It was twisty and suspenseful, and I also loved the fact that the main character wasn’t sure what had happened the night her best friend died, and whether or not she was the one who murdered her. The unreliable narrator is always a great addition to a book, but the way this one was set up just really made it that much better This book was full of a lot of dark humor, as well as some great twists I didn’t see coming, and was overall just really enjoyable read!

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Lucy Chase doesn't remember anything from the night her best friend Savvy was killed. So when she's found wandering down the road, covered in Savvy's blood, it's difficult for her to explain. There's not enough evidence to formally charge her, but the whole town (and country) seem to agree that she's a murderer. Five years later a true-crime podcast reignites interest in the case and Lucy returns to her hometown to try to finally find out the truth about what happened that night.

This story is propulsive and I loved Lucy's incredibly dry sense of humor. I had a hard time with all of the infidelity and sleeping around in this book, or maybe I just had a hard time with the fact that none of the characters seemed to have a hard time with it. That's one way to give everyone a motive for murder, but it felt a little lazy.

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dark mysterious tense

Loveable characters? No

3.5

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