A review by msappear
Never Lie by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was an interesting one. It starts out a little too campy for my taste. For example she says "swoon." twice before page 20 rather than showing us in some other way that Tricia is in love with Ethan. 

I also wasn't a fan of the therapy sessions at all. Adrianne is too cold and uncaring to be a therapist. It felt like she was only there to logic her patients out of serious mental illnesses. It's clear the author has never actually been to therapy.
 
Adrianne especially annoyed me every time she mentioned a study or statistic. There was one passage about gender roles on page 168 that was so out of left field wrong and annoying I almost DNFed right there.

But I didn't DNF. For all of the flaws the book has, the story itself made up for it. I really thought I had it all figured out, but the author did a great job of having you look in one place while the magic was really happening elsewhere. I enjoyed the big reveal and I especially enjoyed how it ended. 

Not a perfect book by any means, but I had fun and it fooled me in the best way.
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