Tell Me Lies: A Novel

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The storyline also alternates, focusing on the years from 2010 to what is happening currently in 2017.

Tell Me Lies offers the reader an insight into the complicated life of Margot Scott, a registered psychologist, who appears to have it all – a successful career, a loving marriage and a wonderful family. I didn't know whether to throw my kindle in rage over the games Stephen plays or if I should just shake my head in shock over all that he gets away with. They’re all trying to be the next Gone Girl and knowing ahead of time there’ll be a twist in the end is pretty much of a built-in spoiler, isn’t it? While both main characters are unsympathetic, this is a great book that will keep you glued to the last page. Told in alternating perspectives of both Lucy and Stephen, you will want to wring Stephen’s neck and try to shake Lucy into reality - but I promise you will more than likely relate and love every minute of this story.Just keep in mind that all the characters are trash, and if you ever dated an emotionally manipulative dude who drew the short end of the ethical stick, you might find yourself meditating on past relationships best left out on the proverbial curb where they belong. Stephen begins investigating into Lucy's life—in hopes of tailoring his personality to match hers and win her over. We have all been in Lucy's position before; dating the wrong person, knowing how bad the match is, but refusing to let go.

After about 60% of the way through this novel, I was so fed up with the characters, I had to start skimming. Tell Me Lies is a book you have to pick up to read in a sitting if possible, this relatively succinct novel really packs a punch! The ones that knock you off center, scaring you when they prove that no matter what kind of logic is in your head, it’s what’s in your heart that determines fucking everything. On February 4, 2022, it was announced that Branden Cook, Spencer House, and Benjamin Wadsworth joined the cast in starring roles.I will encourage anyone with a vested interest in complex thrillers and fast paced mystery novels to consider this psychological based tale. For fans of Jessica Knoll and Caroline Kepnes, Tell Me Liesis a devastatingly accurate portrayal of a toxic relationship. Stephen, who we learn is the man that Lucy is not looking forward to seeing, takes the next chapter, and informs the reader of his first vision of Lucy at their small college in Southern California. I read this in one day because it was so well-written, engaging, fast-paced and at only roughly 250 pages it didn't take long to get through. I'm pretty satisfied with how it all came together although part of me wishes things ended a little differently.

This book took me right back to college, to a time where hormones and alcohol and insecurities rolled out the red carpet for bad decisions and toxic relationships.

This is the story of the completely unhealthy and toxic relationship between Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco that begins in college in California and the several years that follow. I really liked this style a lot, although I felt like we would start in one (either past/present or a particular month) and end up somewhere else by the time the chapter was over. And as each feels that pull from time to time, you see how a relationship—whether or not it's love—can be all-consuming. What the author does here is put us right into the mind of one of these men and one of the many women he's preyed upon. Tell Me Lies kind of accidentally got put on my NetGalley approvals (I was asking the publicist for two other books and this one just got approved along with them) so I took a look at it, even though this really isn't my type of book.