The Lying Game
By Ruth Ware
- Release Date: 2017-07-25
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
Praise for Ruth Ware’s 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.
Reviews
Not worth a read
2By Bean2332This book was extremely repetitive. I felt it continued to say the same thing over and over again.The lying game
5By josieleeloIncredible, love it. Could not stop reading!Add to your list!
5By mrs.muenchRuth Ware does it again! She has never disappointed me yet with her books! By far my favorite author! The title itself is what you should expect when reading, who’s lying?The lying game
1By bea9028I have no idea how this author is getting so high reviews! The plot is so easy to guess, it’s predictable and the story is so flawed,so why anyone wants to continue reading and yet she gets to publish again and again!Meh
3By Mywaynichols76Not great not awful just meh.The Lying Game
4By MmcodQuick read and a true page turner.Not as captivating as I had hoped
4By Sheaster1A long yarn! Slow getting to the meat of the story!Not her best…
2By GgtyvjytchtvyjfcjygvfcdtyI’ll start by saying I really love her books. I’ve read all or almost all of them, and I was expecting this to be great as well. And then…it just wasn’t. I always enjoy her writing style, so it wasn’t a completely awful experience the whole way through, but it took me FOREVER to finish it, and that’s saying something. The premise of the story I definitely liked—old friends from a creepy boarding school that have a deep, dark secret & have to return as adults? Awesome, sign me up. But then it just dragged & dragged…and dragged some more. I was bored with the story, the characters, the setting (I really thought there’d be more actual danger than there was), all of it. There were twists, sure, but nothing very interesting to me. If it had ended with a bang or some thrilling, crazy action, I’d have forgiven this book, but even the “climax” was dull to me. Like I said, I really tried to like it but I just couldn’t get into it.Not that good
2By Nurse Nash123Took me weeks to finish. :(Love, Love, Loved It!!!!!
5By jmpowers19This book was my first Ruth Ware book and I totally recommend it. Besides the cursing it was really good. I would love to see Salten if it really was a place in England. But it’s not. I loved the twists and turns this book gave me chills as I read it.Long-winded but a good story
4By Lovlysharee25A good story but long-windedIt’s was just ok
2By Broadwayj7Honestly, compared to other Ware books, this one was ok. I felt that the story was very much so dragged out. The book did not need to be nearly as long as it was. The actual plot wasn’t terrible however the ending was really anti-climactic. I will still enjoy reading Ruth’s books but this one was again just an ok read for me.Lying Game
5By GoobersmoochLoved it!!The lying game
4By nobookclub1Good but I got a little tired of reading about Freya’s every little sneeze- I’m a devoted mother but Isa is neuroticWell crafted thriller
5By Lala_LundyI loved this book! Great twists and turns as you’d expect with any great thriller; but more than anything it was the authors style and voice that I loved. The book flowed so smoothly and brought about so many emotions. Truly titillating! Bought all her other books because of this one alone.Thrilling! Twists and turns alight!
5By kaykaybean13A story of 4 friends who met at a boarding school in HS at 15. They become a very tight knit and play a game with lying to ppl to make them think and believe outrageous things. One the girls fathers works at their school as an art teacher and he allows them to stay at his home on weekends. They aren’t given limitations and allowed to drink smoke etc but soon they find themselves burying the Dad- their friend said he commits suicide but bc she isn’t 16 until another month her decision to bury him and say he is missing after she turns 16 is why she tells her 3 friends she needs help burying him. For 17 years after they committed that act and subsequently got expelled from their school shortly after they haven’t seen one another. They communicate sporadically throughout the years until the girl who’s dad was buried sends for the 3 of them bc his bones had washed ashore. What happens.agter is nothing you’d imagine and there’s murder and lies alightGave up
1By emilys328I really enjoyed another book by this author but this was just boring.Good idea..
3By sdav1993Just was very redundant and not that thrilling. Was hoping for more and never got it.Ending Lacking
3By SdfrdeghfrjedAlthough the author’s books doesn’t truly have shocking endings and may be easy to figure out early on (it’s always at least one of the conclusions I guess before hand) she still writes in a very enjoyable way to me. Just have to working on ending the story better!
