Sometimes I Lie

Sometimes I Lie

by Alice Feeney

Blurb:

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?

My Reaction:
I'd completely forgotten I hadn't reviewed this one, yet, so I'm coming to it a while after finishing it...

I listened to the audiobook version, though I don't remember much about the narrator, which is probably a good sign.  If I still remembered something about it, it would likely be because I'd found it irritating (like the childlike French accent used for one of the characters in the audiobook I listened to before this one).

I think the book was interesting, though infuriating at times.  I don't think I saw the main twist coming... But I do remember that a few things at the end don't seem to add up to me, straining my ability to suspend disbelief.  And the very ending is just a bridge too far.  What is that even supposed to mean?  

It was fine, for a mindless thriller.  Just don't expect a masterpiece.  (That's true for most of them, to be honest.)