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natibns's review
3.0
first one was better. However, if you like addictive thrillers, fanfic and social media, I would highly recommend this duology!
annab3lla's review
5.0
Read in a single sitting. Couldn't stop flipping the pages frantically to find out what was going to happen and who had been murdered!
rrekhaa's review
1.0
I read most of it. I almost finished. I couldn’t bothered. I really liked the first book, but something about this one just felt off. I didn’t really like how it was going from the very beginning. Meh. Whatever. I’ll just pretend this doesn’t exist.
Update 16/01: Ooooh I like that cover.
Update 27/09:oooooh there's a title. Tell me No lies. Intriguing.
June 1st 2018 huh. Great. Just great. I need this. What kind of cruel human being makes you wait a year after an ending like that!?
Update 16/01: Ooooh I like that cover.
Update 27/09:oooooh there's a title. Tell me No lies. Intriguing.
June 1st 2018 huh. Great. Just great. I need this. What kind of cruel human being makes you wait a year after an ending like that!?
narteest's review
3.0
Just as thrilling as the first, and reads just as fast. So, to note firstly, I did enjoy reading it, mostly because it's so easy to read. However, like Follow Me Back, I had some issues with parts that I realise in the moments when I bother to think over what I've just read.
While Tell Me No Lies gives us more Eric and Tessa and their new relationship together, as well as bringing Eric back to the showbiz world, but it also brings a wedge to jam into the time these two have. The wedge, of course, adds the drama and opens the space or conflict in the plot. However, there is one plot device I guessed early on, and felt it was an unexpected and not really important part to the overall narrative. On one hand, it highlights Tessa's anxiety and brings back all those lovely psych terms. But really...if anything, it just serves as a warning to never self-diagnose. If Tessa had just gotten a test done, she wouldn't have been paranoid. And unfortunately, for me, this plot point felt entirely unrealistically, since logically getting the test is the first thing most people would do.
Nonetheless, this was a fast, quick, dramatic read for anyone who enjoys a thrillery romance. Although Follow Me Back felt more fresh (though the transcripts thing is not new), Tell Me No Lies feels like an overeager parody, reusing old plot points, bringing out predictably foolish plot points (though in a way important to the story because without them, it couldn't move along quickly), nd some unnecessary plot points. It really does disappoint me a little that there was that one predictable plot device included. It was predictable from the moment she and Eric did it, and from when she narrates it.
Still, overall, it was an interesting read, there's no denying that truth.
While Tell Me No Lies gives us more Eric and Tessa and their new relationship together, as well as bringing Eric back to the showbiz world, but it also brings a wedge to jam into the time these two have. The wedge, of course, adds the drama and opens the space or conflict in the plot. However, there is one plot device I guessed early on, and felt it was an unexpected and not really important part to the overall narrative. On one hand, it highlights Tessa's anxiety and brings back all those lovely psych terms. But really...if anything, it just serves as a warning to never self-diagnose. If Tessa had just gotten a test done, she wouldn't have been paranoid. And unfortunately, for me, this plot point felt entirely unrealistically, since logically getting the test is the first thing most people would do.
Nonetheless, this was a fast, quick, dramatic read for anyone who enjoys a thrillery romance. Although Follow Me Back felt more fresh (though the transcripts thing is not new), Tell Me No Lies feels like an overeager parody, reusing old plot points, bringing out predictably foolish plot points (though in a way important to the story because without them, it couldn't move along quickly), nd some unnecessary plot points. It really does disappoint me a little that there was that one predictable plot device included. It was predictable from the moment she and Eric did it, and from when she narrates it.
Still, overall, it was an interesting read, there's no denying that truth.
ashurq's review
3.0
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TL;DR – Not as good as the first book in the duology. The author spreads herself over too many minor plot points and the main plot suffers.
I don’t remember really having an issue with the main characters in the last book, but man, in this book both Tessa and Eric are kind of annoying. All of the sudden they both just seemed really young to me. I mean, I think they’re both supposed to be like 17? And they’ve run off together? Um, no. Just no. Their interactions with each other as well as with other characters just seemed kind of immature.
Something I did like is that this book kind of takes a look at social media and some of the potentially damaging effects of it. However, I didn’t feel like it was always seamlessly integrated. I also liked the mental health representation. I liked the fact that it was there, but I did find myself wondering every once in a while about the authenticity of it. I just felt like a lot of Tessa’s actions and reactions didn’t make much sense to me, but that’s coming from someone without an anxiety disorder. So if anyone has any input on how authentic they felt Tessa’s anxiety disorder was portrayed, please let me know.
The plot in this book was just not as good as the last book was. I felt like the author spread herself a little thin with her other minor plot points like Tessa’s relationship with her mom and the other thing that happens that I don’t want to mention because of spoilers. These other plot points, while potentially interesting, just seemed kind of random and unnecessary. I wish the author had spent more time developing the main plot. While the book still had me guessing who was behind everything, I don’t feel like it was as twisty-turny as the first book and that’s something that I really loved.
Overall, this book isn’t awful, but I also didn’t think it was that good. I just remember feeling really amazed and confused at the end of the first book and this one did not leave me with that same feeling.
Overall Rating: 3
Language: None
Violence: Mild
Smoking/Drinking: None
Sexual Content: Mild
Note: I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
TL;DR – Not as good as the first book in the duology. The author spreads herself over too many minor plot points and the main plot suffers.
I don’t remember really having an issue with the main characters in the last book, but man, in this book both Tessa and Eric are kind of annoying. All of the sudden they both just seemed really young to me. I mean, I think they’re both supposed to be like 17? And they’ve run off together? Um, no. Just no. Their interactions with each other as well as with other characters just seemed kind of immature.
Something I did like is that this book kind of takes a look at social media and some of the potentially damaging effects of it. However, I didn’t feel like it was always seamlessly integrated. I also liked the mental health representation. I liked the fact that it was there, but I did find myself wondering every once in a while about the authenticity of it. I just felt like a lot of Tessa’s actions and reactions didn’t make much sense to me, but that’s coming from someone without an anxiety disorder. So if anyone has any input on how authentic they felt Tessa’s anxiety disorder was portrayed, please let me know.
The plot in this book was just not as good as the last book was. I felt like the author spread herself a little thin with her other minor plot points like Tessa’s relationship with her mom and the other thing that happens that I don’t want to mention because of spoilers. These other plot points, while potentially interesting, just seemed kind of random and unnecessary. I wish the author had spent more time developing the main plot. While the book still had me guessing who was behind everything, I don’t feel like it was as twisty-turny as the first book and that’s something that I really loved.
Overall, this book isn’t awful, but I also didn’t think it was that good. I just remember feeling really amazed and confused at the end of the first book and this one did not leave me with that same feeling.
Overall Rating: 3
Language: None
Violence: Mild
Smoking/Drinking: None
Sexual Content: Mild
Note: I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
nhi_nguyen's review
5.0
Such a suspenseful book! I don't which one's better, the first or the second. The ending just blew my mind. So glad I read this.
athena1820's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0