Book #98 |
Book: Never Lie | Author: Freida McFadden | |
| Source: Library loan Format: Audiobook |
Pages: 286 | Duration: 10/27/25 – 10/27/25 (1 day) | |
| Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Genres: fiction, mystery, crime, thriller, suspense | ||
| 📕10-word summary: The dream house of a young couple has bad juju. 🖌6-word review: Confusing-at-times, dual-timeline, story with many characters. |
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| 💭A favorite quote: “Apparently, asking him to commit murder was a deal breaker.” | |||
| Description:* Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace 4 years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate. In search of a book to keep her entertained, Tricia happens upon a secret room. One that contains audio transcripts from every single patient Dr. Hale has ever interviewed. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to Dr. Hale’s mysterious disappearance. With each one, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and Dr. Adrienne Hale’s web of lies slowly unravels. And then Tricia reaches the final cassette. The one that reveals the entire horrifying truth.*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: This book had a lot of characters, including one or two who turned out to be the same characters. (It’s a complicated mess.) It’s just not a very well-written book, including repetition of some things. For instance, she must have said that the main couple had been married for 6 months and known each other for 10 years three times too many. I also found a couple of editing misses in the book. If I had ½ stars in my rating scale, I’d’ve given this a 2½ instead of a 3. | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2025 and previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.
