LISTEN FOR THE LIE
Amy Tintera
Celadon Books/ Macmillan Audio
March 5, 2024
352 pages/ 9 hours and 18 minutes
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This is Lucy’s story. She may have just killed her best friend. But, she doesn’t know if she did. Others may think so, but no one is sure. A podcaster gets involved five years later, trying to unravel the truth.
At the start of this book, my nerves were already shot.
The title had me wondering about everything that every character was saying. I was listening (or reading) for the lie.
Also, I can tell that we have an unreliable narrator. So, can I believe everything or anything she says? What if I miss the lie? What if I think something else is the lie?
Oh, my nerves!!!!!🤯
Fast-paced. Somewhat disturbing, but in the way you expect to be disturbed reading a thriller. Lots of triggers, but, I would expect that most people with triggers would not choose to read a psychological thriller.
A lot of characters, perhaps enough to get confusing. Lucy is very outspoken, sassy and interesting. She’s an enigma. Her 80-year-old grandmother loves her cocktails and men. Lucy’s parents don’t seem to be parent material.
For these, like me, who are worried about missing the lie, don’t worry. You won’t miss it. In fact, I turned the page back to make sure I had not misread it.
The ending was reminiscent of the endings of Alfred Hitchcock. You know what you just read. But, do you really??? If the ending is the truth, does the truth really matter?
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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It’s warm here in Ohio today and this might be why I’m thinking summer blockbuster reads. This one might be kicking off that season and one that everyone talks about all year. I know it’s on the list of favorites of the year.
While I have never listened to a podcast, I love reading about them. And for the audio version, I loved the little bit of music that played that alerted the listener that the next part was the podcast. This really helped me not miss that switch. I recently was joking that I almost never heard the chapter number when listening even though the narrator always reads it. Ben Owens, the podcast host, is very personable and likable. And I never trust the characters in a thriller, but I really wanted to believe he was genuine. Sorry you’ll have to read for yourself to see if he
I sympathized with Lucy and the weight and stigma of not knowing if she killed her best friend and thought it was gutsy that she would search for the answer. And OMG I loved the voice in her head telling her it wanted to kill. This made me doubt Lucy’s innocence, but brought such comic relief to the tense story. I usually get sick of something done over and over, but that voice never grew old. And January Levoy used the perfect voice to bring those moments to life.
I think both listening and eyeball reading works for this one, but this time I might give the edge to the audiobook. January and Will Damron really hit their narration out of the park.
This will seriously be the book everyone is talking about, so grab this soon so you can be in on the discussion.
Thanks to Celadon Books, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for my review copies.
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