Lisa of Troy's Reviews > Listen for the Lie

Listen for the Lie centers on Lucy who can’t remember if she killed her best friend five years ago.

This is a highly digestible mystery where the author utilized short paragraphs and chapters, resulting in a quick read.

At the core of this novel, we need Lucy to remember what happened on the night of the incident, and one of my favorite mystery novels does rely on the main character remembering exactly what was said in the past (The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager). However, for most of Listen for the Lie, I didn’t feel that we were making progress, mainly interviews from people who knew next to nothing.

Also, I wanted to learn more about memory, think Anna O. and sleepwalking. Personally, if my best friend died, I wouldn’t try to remember for two days and give up. Lucy just kind of does nothing, a leaf in the wind, waiting for someone to determine her fate.

There is this voice in Lucy’s head, encouraging her to unalive people; however, it isn’t very entertaining and finally becomes rather annoying and tedious.

And, although it seems that everyone wants to get Lucy into her birthday suit, the steam wasn’t as good as author May Cobb.

Then, there is the ending. It was extremely confusing—I am not even sure what the author intended. But I think I figured out a solution……..

*SPOILER*
MEGA-SPOILER
(view spoiler)[At the very end of the book, Lucy says, “It isn’t the whole truth.” So is the reader supposed to assume that Lucy just made everything up? Or that she merely omitted the part about Troy and Matt? On a practical note, blood pattern analysis should clear up pretty quickly if Lucy was the one swinging the tree branch or if she was merely a witness, present at the crime scene. As the police never made an arrest, it is safe to assume that the pattern is consistent with Lucy not being the perpetrator. (hide spoiler)]

*Thanks, Celadon, for a copy of this book in exchange for my fair and unbiased opinion.

How much I spent:
Softcover text – Free/Nada/Zilch provided by publisher

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