I recently joined a 4th book club. That's right. I'm absolutely insane! This 4th book club meets for dinner one Tuesday a month and it's brand spanking new! Can you guess what it's called?..... It's called....The Spine Breakers!
So, for this book club we decided to read The Lying Game by Ruth Ware, which brings us to today's book review. I heard great things about Ruth Ware so I was excited to pick up her latest novel, but unfortunately my excitement fell rather flat. The opening of the book is spooky and great. In the prologue, a woman is walking when she finds the remains of a body. Where did this body come from? Was there a murder? Who committed it?
Once we move past the prologue we encounter the main characters, four women who were suspended from their fancy prep school many years ago... but why? When one of the girls, Issa, receives a text message begging for her help, she returns to the town of the school where these 4 women were once friends. Throw in a school dinner reunion that the women just happen to go to and a game called "the lying game" that the girls played and played well, we become immersed in their confusing world, a blending between truth and lies, where even the girls themselves can't differentiate between the two.
For me, the premise of the book was interesting but I wanted more. I wanted to know more about the dinner, more about the lies, and more about the psychology of the four women. Without that, the book seemed to be rushed over. I found myself zoning out, and even now I am having trouble recalling what I actually read.
So Dewey Readers, I leave you with a stale rating of 1.5 out of 5 sad little Coffee Beans.
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