My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me:
1. I’m in a coma.
2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore.
3. Sometimes I lie.Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a 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, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it’s the truth?
My Thoughts: Sometimes I Lie grabbed me from the beginning, as the narrator takes us from the current moments, in which she is hospitalized and in a coma, to a week before. In between these narratives, we read diary entries from the early 1990s.
I thought I knew who was writing in those diaries, but the truth was not revealed until almost the end.
Even the identity of our primary narrator was turned upside down, and as we approached the conclusion, some things started clearing up in my mind. Suddenly I felt completely gobsmacked, as I flipped from one reality to another. Throughout, I couldn’t decide just who to trust…and I wondered if I could trust any of the characters.
By the end, I kept holding my breath, waiting for the final reveal that would clarify everything. But the waters remained muddy enough, and even on the final page, I had to keep asking myself “what just happened?” A story that kept me pondering its twists and turns. 5 stars.
I read this book a good while back, as it was realised in the UK last year, and it made my top books of the year. Glad to hear you had a positive reading experience also.
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Thanks, Jade, it definitely kept me glued to the pages!
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I’m glad to hear you enjoyed this one so much – those stories where you don’t know who or what to believe are so compelling when they are well written. One for my wishlist for definite now I’ve read your review.
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Thanks, Cleo, I agree! I do love not knowing who to believe or who to trust.
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This really does sound good. I think I will look to see if it is available on audio. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Thanks, Martha, I hope you love it.
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This sounds really intense!! I get a little nervous about the fact that you still don’t know what’s going on by the end, but it sounds like you loved it anyway.
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Thanks for stopping by, Nicole; by the end we have a sense of what is happening, but with some remaining questions. Despite that, it was my favorite book for last month.
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