The Marriage Lie

The Marriage Lie

2016 • 334 pages

Ratings14

Average rating3.4

15

I liked this book in the sense that I really wanted to know what was going to happen next- so I kept picking it up. That's always a good sign. There was a solid push and pull of not knowing what was going on. Our MC did not know where the truth was and all of that felt realistic and urgent. However, her internal monologue got old. She cried quite a bit which I know is normal but it got boring, as did all the descriptions of her grief reactions. Enough already we get it! At some point though I realized we had not met very many characters and the pages were dwindling. I figured out who the bad guy was and I wished it was someone else because the choice was quite the stereotype- thus the 3 stars-good plotting, mostly good character development, until the end. That's all I'll say so as not to spoil. I enjoyed this story for its originality and fast pace.

March 15, 2022