Two Truths and a Lie (Lying Game, #3)

by Sara Shepard

• ISBN10: 0061869740
• ISBN13: 9780061869747
• Publish Date: 7 February 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[Amber]

Good book, but having the same turn out at the end of each book is becoming boring. I'm hoping the next book will give us more (and better!) clues as to who the killer is. Personally, I think it's Ethan. Just putting it out there so you can all laugh when I'm completely wrong.

Full review here: http://www.booksofamber.com/2012/11/two-truths-and-lie-by-sara-shepard.html

Hmmmm. These are getting a bit repetitive now. Is the Pretty Little Liars series like this too?

Honestly, there is not much I can say about this that wasn't already covered in my reviews of the previous two books in the series. I haven't read the fourth book yet, so I can't say if the author breaks the mould with that one or if it's just like the other three.

I think watching the TV show may have impacted my feelings for this series a little, because right now I'm finding the show so much more enjoyable than the books. Although, that never happens normally, so either it's a really good show or these books really are becoming dull.

I can't say I didn't like Two Truths and a Lie, because I did. Really. I just thought the plot was way too similar to the other novels, and it's lost the thrilling mystery it had before. I knew going into it what was going to happen with Thayer, and while I was reading the outcome I didn't feel shocked at all, which was really disappointing.

Sara Shepard does have a fantastic writing style, however, and that's what kept me reading and made me enjoy the book in the end. I loved how she introduced Thayer's character, and I also loved the new revelations on how Sutton used to be. I still don't like many of the characters, and I still don't know who killed Sutton. So. Yes.

I will be continuing with this series, because I desperately want to know who killed Sutton. But if all six plus of them are going to follow the same theme, I think I'm going to end up hating it.

Ethan is totally on the top of my list of suspects right now, by the way. If you've read the series, let me know who is on yours! Although, please try not to spoil the fourth book for me, because I haven't read it yet!

[clementine]

How does this book have such a high average rating? Who the hell is reviewing these things? This wasn't even good in a "this is such a guilty pleasure" sort of way. The action was totally contrived; it wasn't exciting at all; compared to the show, the characters just fall so flat. It's ridiculous. Sara Shepard is obviously running out of exciting plot twists, judging by the way this series is going, as well as the latest Pretty Little Liars offering.

I cringed the entire way through this book. The characters are caricatures, the name-dropping of "obscure" bands such as Arcade Fire made me want to vomit, and the plot is becoming more and more convoluted and less and less exciting. Even at her best Sara Shepard writes mediocre books; this is her far from her best.