My Lies, Your Lies
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By Susan Lewis
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‘A compelling, timely mystery’ bestselling author, Lisa Ballantyne ‘You’ll be surprised and captivated right to the end!’ Irish Times bestselling author, Carmel Harrington One life destroyed by a lie. Freda has never shared her history with anyone before. But now she’s ready to tell the story that has haunted her for forty years – about a 15-year-old girl falling madly in love with her teacher. One life destroyed by the truth. Hired by Freda, Joely is there to help uncover what really happened – but as the story starts to unravel, it will end in a way she could never have imagined. Uncovering the secrets of the past comes at a deadly price … TweetReviews
As this is a psychological thriller type book this review may contain accidental spoilers, you have been warned!
Everyone in book club finished this book, especially given all the twists and turns we found it hard to put down. This was a quick read that everyone enjoyed and would consider reading something by this author again.
During our meeting we discussed the book a little, but we mostly considered some of the discussion points that come from reading the book. We talked about how we felt about the relationship between the school girl and her teacher, whether we felt it was really love or something else. We wondered whether someone of that age could make the decisions necessary for it to be love? We all have examples of people who fell in love at that age and either are now happily married, or haven't seen the object of their teen affection for years. We came to the conclusion that it was probably all to do with the individuals involved, but that we do need laws and distinct ages for things to legal to protect those who would be taken advantage of.
We really enjoyed some of the characters in the book, particularly the housekeeper. Plus the character of the actual house shone through the book. We could all see ourselves in this by times gothic, and also strangely comforting house. The landscape around the house was also beautifully drawn, to the point where it was easy to imagine it.
We all agreed that though we enjoyed the book the ending felt a little rushed and also a little twee with things turning out the way they did. Given what happened during the book we weren't sure we would be such a happy family afterwards.
Overall we gave this book 7 out of 10 with no marks below 7.
