Sometimes I Lie

Goodreads Description

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.

My Review

Holy Smokes, what a wild ride! When I sat down to start this book, little did I know that I'd still be reading it hours later and be 100 pages in! Oh yes, I was back in my comfort zone with this one - a solid, gripping, psychological thriller. This one is my favourite psychological thriller of the year so far! I'm still reeling from it.

I have never in my life read a book with so many twists and turns. You need to have your act together while reading this one. Don't let your concentration wonder for a minute because the hits come hard and fast, and once they start, they don't stop. This book is a whirlpool of nasty characters, moments that make you gasp and twists that you won't have seen coming. It's so clever that I actually have no idea how the author was able to pull everything together at the end. It is very obvious that this book must have taken forever to write and even longer to edit. It would be so easy to let something slip and so the editing job must have been quite something.

I'm actually not going to say too much about the actual story or the plot as it's important to me when writing reviews not to give anything away. So in short: The story moves between three time periods, being the present day (where Amber is in a coma), a week earlier and years earlier, back to 1992. Personally, I love books that jump around between differed time periods and the fact that this book had three of them was great. Amber is in a coma and we are not sure why. It is clear that something terrible has happened, but more than that we don't know. And I'm not going to say any more than that. You'll need to read this book to find out.

The plot in this story is intricate. I'm not a person who ever reads a book twice, but with this one, I almost feel tempted to. I need to make doubly sure that I understood everything. I'll be honest and say that the ending still has my mind spinning. I was so sure that I had my mind around the plot until the last page of the book. Now I'm frantically contacting my reading friends on Goodreads who have read this book and asking them if my understanding of the story is correct! I don't mind this at all. I like that the book has got me thinking and trying to piece things together.

Fans of psychological thrillers will go nuts for this one. And so will book clubs. There is so much to discuss with this book that you'll be able to really debate things long into the night, with plenty of wine. I thought it was fantastic. I look forward to hearing all your thoughts.

My Rating: * * * * *

Publication Date: April 2017 (South Africa)

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Format: Trade Paperback

Source: My own purchased copy.