The Lying Game
Ratings67
Average rating3.3
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Ratings67
Average rating3.3
The text message arrives in the small hours of the night. It's just three words: I need you. Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her. At school Isa and her three best friends used to play the Lying Game. They competed to convince people of the most outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of secrets, something terrible has been found on the beach. Something which will force Isa to confront her past, together with the three women she hasn't seen for years, but has never forgotten.
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Wow, this book took me on a ride. Especially at the end.
I enjoyed the story and the characters; it was compelling enough to keep me up late. As a mystery, though, it was pretty weak, especially compared to Woman in Cabin 10.
3.5 stars
the foreshadowing was about as subtle as a brick to the face, but i didn't predict everything that happened. the resolution was a little “rocks fall, everyone dies” (not everyone actually dies). but the overall vibes were excellent and i liked the main characters. so, half good, half not-so-good. it's alright.
