A review by ericamj12
The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson

4.0

The book is excellent, but I didn’t really feel like the back cover blurb accurately portrays the storyline, so I was fighting against my expectations. I kind of feel like the “traumatic incident” was a result of Ruth and Midnight’s “collision course,” and I don’t feel like the moments demonstrating racial tension didn’t really speak to the whole town so much as individuals. The gang members didn’t really seem to serve a purpose either.