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A review by hainyh
Silent Lies by Kathryn Croft
3.0
The plot of Silent Lies was absolutely a brilliant; the suicide of a lecturer, as well as the murder of one of his students. Five years down the line, questions start to emerge as to whether these events happened exactly as were initially portrayed. We are quickly introduced to two main characters, Josie, the victim, and Mia, the wife of the lecturer, Zach. The chapters alternate between the perspectives of the two women, and the way this has been done makes it really easy to follow both stories side-by-side; sometimes it can be difficult to follow parallel stories without getting muddled up with the facts and names, but Kathryn Croft has done it really well.
Immediately you know that all is not as it seems, and the story will unfold in troubling and mysterious ways. Croft has done a great job at building suspense and filling the reader's mind with questions, meaning this is one of those books you just HAVE to read in a hurry - I devoured this one in less than a day!
The writing had all the making of a brilliant story, however I am sad to say that the ending and the 'twists' really disappointed me. Admittedly what we find out at the end is quite surprising, but for some reason I just felt it was very 'meh'. It fell flat. It's difficult to say too much without giving the story away, but throughout the majority of the book we are lead down a certain path of thinking, and then when the twist comes it seems completely out of kilter with the rest of the book. I'm glad the twist came in the last couple of pages, because had it come any earlier I probably would have abandoned reading it.
I can't fault Croft's story-telling ability, it's just the plot here that I felt let down by. I would highly recommend it though, and you can decide yourself how you feel about the plot twist! I'll certainly be looking for more books from Croft though, that's for sure.
(Thanks NetGalley for this copy).
Immediately you know that all is not as it seems, and the story will unfold in troubling and mysterious ways. Croft has done a great job at building suspense and filling the reader's mind with questions, meaning this is one of those books you just HAVE to read in a hurry - I devoured this one in less than a day!
The writing had all the making of a brilliant story, however I am sad to say that the ending and the 'twists' really disappointed me. Admittedly what we find out at the end is quite surprising, but for some reason I just felt it was very 'meh'. It fell flat. It's difficult to say too much without giving the story away, but throughout the majority of the book we are lead down a certain path of thinking, and then when the twist comes it seems completely out of kilter with the rest of the book. I'm glad the twist came in the last couple of pages, because had it come any earlier I probably would have abandoned reading it.
I can't fault Croft's story-telling ability, it's just the plot here that I felt let down by. I would highly recommend it though, and you can decide yourself how you feel about the plot twist! I'll certainly be looking for more books from Croft though, that's for sure.
(Thanks NetGalley for this copy).