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    Lying Game: A Novel
    Lying Game: A Novel
    Lying Game: A Novel
    Audiobook13 hours

    Lying Game: A Novel

    Written by Ruth Ware

    Narrated by Imogen Church

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    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER!

    “So many questions...Until the very last page! Needless to say, I could not put this book down!” —Reese Witherspoon

    “Once again the author of The Woman in Cabin 10 delivers mega-chills.” —People

    “Missing Big Little Lies? Dig into this psychological thriller about whether you can really trust your nearest and dearest.” —Cosmopolitan

    From the instant New York Times bestselling author of blockbuster thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10 comes a chilling new novel of friendship, secrets, and the dangerous games teenaged girls play.

    On a cool June morning, a woman is walking her dog in the idyllic coastal village of Salten, along a tidal estuary known as the Reach. Before she can stop him, the dog charges into the water to retrieve what first appears to be a wayward stick, but to her horror, turns out to be something much more sinister.

    The next morning, three women in and around London—Fatima, Thea, and Isa—receive the text they had always hoped would never come, from the fourth in their formerly inseparable clique, Kate, that says only, “I need you.”

    The four girls were best friends at Salten, a second-rate boarding school set near the cliffs of the English Channel. Each different in their own way, the four became inseparable and were notorious for playing the Lying Game, telling lies at every turn to both fellow boarders and faculty. But their little game had consequences, and as the four converge in present-day Salten, they realize their shared past was not as safely buried as they had once hoped.

    Atmospheric, twisty, and with just the right amount of chill to keep you wrong-footed, The Lying Game is told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, lending itself to becoming another unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJul 25, 2017
    ISBN9781508232742
    Author

    Ruth Ware

    Ruth Ware worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer before settling down as a full-time writer. She now lives with her family in Sussex, on the south coast of England. She is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail (Toronto) bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood; The Woman in Cabin 10; The Lying Game; The Death of Mrs. Westaway; The Turn of the Key; One by One; The It Girl; and Zero Days. Visit her at RuthWare.com or follow her on Twitter @RuthWareWriter.

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    • 1/5
      Man this book was a whole lot of nothing. I waited around for the “twist” at the end and it turns out I predicted it long before and was disappointed that it was just that. It’s drawn out to death and really a huge waste of time.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Too long and wordy. Listened to audio and disappointed .

      3 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      They draw out the book with senseless information in the beginning just to give all the important stuff in the end. It had a slow start and boring middle.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      The story development is slow and the story altogether is boring. The main character has low to zero common sense. The baby comes to surface just as an annoying character. As a whole, the story took every ounce of my patience to go through the book.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Unbelievable! So many twists and turns! Best book I’ve read in a very long time! ?

      2 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Omg, this book was so booooooooring. I can't believe it is considered a great suspense novel. I think the plot is simply ridiculous, dumb teenagers and dumb adults making dumb decisions. I gave up at chapter 49 and looked up a book summary... Can't believe I wasted a few hours of my life on such a slow, pointless and bland plot.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Love her stories always a twist! Always makes you think.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Lying, omitting, heart break. And a twist. And Imogen Church!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      3.5 stars. Overall it's great storytelling but not my favorite RW. There is one person in this book I sympathized with and that was the child that was continously carted around from dangerous situations one after another. The friends who grew up together help another cover what the think is a suicide of her father. Later years down the road they gather again at the house they spent summers and school holidays in. The secrets reveal themselves and more come to light. There were great parts and it's hard not to get invested in these characters. Yet at times it just felt too long and the same mistakes and lies just kept coming up. Were they friends are just bonded by a lie?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Held my interest from beginning to end. The storyline was well written and well read. So far I am loving all her books “the death of MRS. Westaway, the turn of the key, in a dark dark wood

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I liked it but it was a little predictable. I expected a little more. I wanted a bigger twist.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Love all of Ruth Ware and Imogen Church! Gripping as always!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great plot that kept me wondering until the last chapter. Well read. A little long with flashbacks but they did make the story more rich with imagery and emotions.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I had a really hard time sticking with this until the end, not sure if it was just really slow in the beginning or what but it definitely took me a couple weeks to finish.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I didn't like or find it believable for Isa to drag her baby (Freya) all over the place. It seemed very impractical. I have listened to four Ruth Ware books now and this one was not my favorite. The character's are not very likable, although Isa and Fatima are probably the two most tolerable character's in the story. The story did have me very confused until the end.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I've read several of her books and this one by far was the best.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Really loved this book! The Lying Game and Death of Mrs. Westaway have been my favorite Ruth Ware books so far (though I’ve enjoyed all of them!)

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Wayyyy too long for a mystery that can be seen coming a mile away. The story itself is interesting and well written but there are just so many superfluous details about random things (breast feeding) and overly flowery language that drag the thing down.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I liked this more than In A Dark Dark Wood but it still wasn't my favorite thriller. Ware's mysteries keep me interested enough to finish the book, but I didn't think it was necessarily anything special. The main character and a lot of the mystery reminded me of In A Dark Dark Wood. To be honest I'll probably end up reading all of Ruth Ware's books because they are a decent time.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Excellent, excellent book!!! Had me intrigued from the first chapter! 1 of Ruth Wares best!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      It was good, not a favorite. I’m torn between three and four stars. The story was well-told, I really thought the narrator did a really nice job, but it just wasn’t my favorite book. I suppose it wasn’t gripping enough & it didn’t unfold as dramatically as it was led up to be.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I was very excited to dig into this mystery and was hoping for lots of twists and turns with such a promising title and premise. Meh...it ended up being just okay. It was a fast read and held my interest but the characters were one dimensional and the story wasn't as dark and twisty as I had hoped. Mystery lovers with expectations in check may want to give it a try.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This was twisted and suspenseful. This author uses so much inner dialogue that you feel like you are reading in real time.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      It was a weak story that had a good plot. Predictable and corny. The narration was good.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book started a little slow but ramped up fairly quickly. Kept me guessing.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      A minor commits a misdemeanor to protect a friend who was also a minor. 17 years later, as an attorney, she risks her child's life and her marriage to keep that trivial secret. I couldn't get past the foolishness of the premise. Otherwise, the characters are well rendered and interesting.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Suspenseful, in the same way as The Girl on the Train. Better than The Woman in Cabin 10. I pretty much had it figured out, I thought. Then the twist at the end! A really good read.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Ruth Ware always amazes me with her stories! And the narrator did a perfect job!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      It was alright. There were some really good moments of suspense. But halfway through, the ending was too obvious.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      I liked two of the other books by this author. This one was a waste of time. Overly long with no payoff.

      1 person found this helpful