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The Lies We Steal by Monty Jay

4 reviews

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Writing could use some editing mostly just for spelling mistakes though because it was written well overall and the prose flowed nicely in places. Overall a dark and twisted setting with a bit of mystery and a dark underbelly. Liked Alistair & Briar overall and how their story built up gradually but felt both their backstories could use a little more depth and the end felt a bit rushed. Spicy and a decent plot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

briochebun's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

୨୧ The Lies We Steal ୨୧

╰┈➤ [4 out of 5 ☆’s.]

❝𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭.❞

ʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

I am so glad I took the time to go back and finish this book! :)

I loved Briar + Alistair’s relationship! The tension between the pair was incredible & I cannot wait to see them appear in the other books in this series!

The side characters were also so intriguing — I can’t wait to read their stories! ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

rio4ever's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

the plot beats are messy and kind of bad but i liked it 😂 💀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

abir_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

The title is fitting. I felt nothing reading this and nothing after finishing it. I liked the friendship between briar and lyra and I loved their weird pets. 
I'm interested in Lyra's and Thatcher's story but I just can't go through the dryness that is this book again

Also deviance was used instead of defiance at some point and it completely ruined the experience for me, I was doubting that I saw typos up until that point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, and Murder