In Listen for the
Lie, Amy Tintera shows that a town is ready to convict a woman for murder even
though she has no memories of the event that happened:
Five years ago, Lucy's best friend, Savvy, was murdered, not only is this devastating to Lucy, but Lucy was found wandering, covered in Savvy's blood. What starts out as Lucy also being a victim is twisted into Lucy being the one to kill Savvy. Lucy should be able to clarify what happened that night, but Lucy has no memory of that night. With not enough to charge Lucy, but a town willing to convict her. Lucy left, to find a place where no one knows who she is. That changes when the Pod Cast Listen for the Lie decides to look into Savvy's death and is drumming up notoriety that Lucy does not want. When the host decides to visit her home town, Lucy is forced to go back and confront the past and horrible events she ran away from, she doesn’t want to regain those memories just in case she did it, just in case she really did kill her best friend.
This is the first book that I have read by Tintera and after reading this one it will not be the last. The twists keep on coming in this book both related to the murder of Savvy and the craziness of secrets in this small town will knock you back each time. I enjoy that Tintera did not just focus on the murder of Savvy but realized that the small town secrets all affected what happened to Savvy.
You cannot help but feel sorry
for Lucy for a good chunk of the book. Not only does she not remember what
happened to her best friend, but everyone around her (including her parents)
believe that she murdered Savvy. This leads her to questioning herself, could
she have killed Savvy. I enjoyed and that it was unique that Lucy murders
people in her head and this happens basically every interaction that she has especially
when she doesn’t like someone. Lucy gets creative in the ways she murders
people and always takes into account what she has on hand to use. This is a
constant in the book, and really adds weight to Lucy’s thoughts that she may
have killed Savvy.
Does it add anything to the Pod
Cast book genre. I would say yes and no, it is hard to really add anything new
to this sub-genre but I will say that Trenten did feature more people in the
Podcast than I have read in other books, which i appreciated as it really
showed that most of the town was against Lucy and in doing so reveal additional
secrets of the town. I would like to know in real life how podcasters choose
which unsolved murder(s) in random small town that they choose. What are the
boxes that need to be ticked to choose that one over others.
I really enjoyed this book by
Tintera, and although I was able to guess what happened to Savvy, I will say
that Tintera had me questioning my guess till the very end. Highly recommended
book, you're going to want to read this one in one sitting.
Enjoy!!!
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