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Calling all female 20/30 somethings in the suburbs of Chicago who love mystery/thriller novels!

Sometimes I Lie: A Novel

ALICE FEENEY'S NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me:
1. I’m in a coma.
2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore.
3. Sometimes I lie.

Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

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Published Oct 30, 2018

288 pages

Average rating: 7.21

608 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Juliaj
Mar 04, 2025
7/10 stars
This was a frustrating experience for me. And I’m still confused about the ending.
Kristen Olson
Jan 14, 2025
4/10 stars
I typically don’t care for books with unreliable narrators. I actually enjoyed this read more than I expected. It was a quick and entertaining read. Why the 2 stars? 1. The diary enteries were interesting but as a social worker I thought they needed more psychological development. For instance she hates her mother for no particular reason. 2. The ending had so many plot twists that it became unbelievable.
Sandiejo20
Oct 23, 2022
8/10 stars
Just when you think you have it all figured out, plot twist. And when you think the chnage of plot is all figured out, another plot twist... this book may have to be reread at least one more time because I feel like I may have missed some details with the plot twists. There are some trigger points in this book related to sexual assault, rape, and miscarriages. So take warning if you are emotionally susceptible to those triggers. I struggled to get into the book within the first.... 50 pages or so, but once I was about 35 - 40% into it, I couldn't put it down until the every end. I needed to know what was going to take place.
Lauren Greely
Jul 01, 2025
8/10 stars
4 ⭐️ 0 spice
Younglaura
May 25, 2025
8/10 stars
Wow.. now wasn't that unexpected? Great plane read! The guy next to me didn't want to interrupt me to go to the men's room because he saw how intently I was reading it LOL.

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