Sometimes I lie
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Ratings11
Average rating4
Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can't move. She can't speak. She can't open her eyes. Though she can hear everyone around her, no one knows because she's in a coma. But she doesn't remember what happened. And she has a sneaking suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, the narratives build and collide for an ending that leaves readers speechless. This novel delves into the blurred gap between who we are and who we'd like to be.
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oh this was so so good, from the first page i was invested and it was so twisty and so unpredictable and alice feeney finally got another 5 star from me she never misses for me. THAT ENDING WAS- jaw dropping and everything i needed
I really enjoyed this mystery/thriller from start to finish. I did not expect it go in the direction it did, which makes a good thriller.
This story begins with the main character, Amber, in a coma unable to remember how she got there. She can hear everything going on around her but cannot move or speak. Through flashbacks and diary entries, the truth is slowly revealed, and it is a shocking truth.
I think I like this book so much because it's dark and disturbing. The inner workings of the Amber's mind are intriguing. The reader sees all the other characters through the lens of Amber's mind, and she admits in first lines of the book that she lies. Therefore, the reader does not know what or who to trust. Are her memories truthful? Are the other characters really how she portrays them? The author makes great use of this unreliable narrator.
Alice Feeney has proven her skill in this debut novel, and I look forward to reading more of her work.
