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The Lying Game #4
Hide and Seek
My friends and I used to play lying games.
Now my twin sister is living one.
When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we’re both learning just how flawed my family really is.
Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret—could it be the reason I’m dead?
How far would they go to keep the truth buried? No one can harm me now, but Emma is still fair game. And if she’s not careful, she’ll end up buried, too. . . .
From Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, comes a riveting series about secrets, lies, and killer consequences.
Now my twin sister is living one.
When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we’re both learning just how flawed my family really is.
Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret—could it be the reason I’m dead?
How far would they go to keep the truth buried? No one can harm me now, but Emma is still fair game. And if she’s not careful, she’ll end up buried, too. . . .
From Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, comes a riveting series about secrets, lies, and killer consequences.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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127 books14.7k followersSara Shepard graduated from NYU and has an MFA from Brooklyn College. She has lived in New York City, Brooklyn, Tucson, Arizona, Philadelphia, and now lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Sara's Pretty Little Liars novels were inspired by her upbringing in Philadelphia's Main Line.
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August 9, 2012
OK, is anyone else tired of the whole set up of these books? Emma comes up with a new "suspect" in Sutton's murder based on VERY flimsy evidence. Instead of thinking through other options of what this "evidence" might mean, she immediately jumps to "murderer" and uses no critical thinking to come up with alternate plausible explanations. Emma then follows this "evidence" and other clues throughout the book only to find out in the end that -OH MY GOSH I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING- they are NOT Sutton's killer, she just didn't have all the information. Whoops, her bad.
I feel like the only new information I got from this book was the revelation about the Mercer family. I understand that these books are a series and series's tend to follow the same outline but I feel like there could have been much more character development throughout this installment. We learn nothing new about any of the other characters in the book besides Emma and Sutton.
I do want to know who killed Sutton, but I feel like I'm going to be dragged through 10 more boring books where nothing happens before I get that answer.
I feel like the only new information I got from this book was the revelation about the Mercer family. I understand that these books are a series and series's tend to follow the same outline but I feel like there could have been much more character development throughout this installment. We learn nothing new about any of the other characters in the book besides Emma and Sutton.
I do want to know who killed Sutton, but I feel like I'm going to be dragged through 10 more boring books where nothing happens before I get that answer.
March 9, 2020
It was a really good you find out Suttons dad is really her grandpa and That Raven (Becky Mercer) is her real mom
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September 27, 2015
Hide and Seek, The Lying Game #4
okay so, this book was amazing, this series is just amazing.
I literally could not put this book down without forcing myself too.
It was constantly suspenseful, never ever a dull moment.
It kept me on my toes the whole entire book, my heart was literally pounding throughout most of it, and it was really scary at times, especially because i was reading it so late at night! haha
I just ordered the last two books in this series online, and i hope they come in soon :(
Cannot wait to continue on, it's only going to go up from here judging how the series has already been progressing! :D
READ THIS SERIES PEOPLE!!!!!
okay so, this book was amazing, this series is just amazing.
I literally could not put this book down without forcing myself too.
It was constantly suspenseful, never ever a dull moment.
It kept me on my toes the whole entire book, my heart was literally pounding throughout most of it, and it was really scary at times, especially because i was reading it so late at night! haha
I just ordered the last two books in this series online, and i hope they come in soon :(
Cannot wait to continue on, it's only going to go up from here judging how the series has already been progressing! :D
READ THIS SERIES PEOPLE!!!!!
January 11, 2016
How long is this series going to be drawn out? By the end of this last one we seem to be really close to finding out Sutton's murderer, and yet I feel like next book will not be the last one.
Hide and Seek didn't follow the EXACT same pattern as the previous two, but it was still fairly predictable. The book starts off with Emma and Sutton going back to suspecting Laurel, sure she left the hospital after driving Thayer over there and then offing Sutton. I actually believed Laurel was somehow involved with Sutton's death; the girl is downright insane when it comes to Thayer. Of course, nope she gets another aliby and Sutton and Emma are quick to jump on a new suspect: Sutton's adoptive father. They were SO SURE he killed Sutton and ran over Thayer with the car, when he obviously did niether.
While Emma is focusing on all these people that were close to Sutton, I'm just sitting here shaking my head at her for not thinking of the one person that is not on her list of suspects: Ethan. There are so many subtle clues, not even Sutton is noticing them. Ethan obviously paid an odd amount of attention to Sutton while she was alive and the only time Emma seems to take note of this is out of jealousy. Also, Emma wrote off Ethan's running away when Thayer went to Sutton's at the end of the last book as Ethan being angry that Emma didn't introduce him as her boyfriend. Really, Emma? Really? He also knows how to hack computers. And ontop of all that, Thayer said he thought the person that ran him over had dark hair; if my memory serves me correct, Ethan has dark hair. I've got my eye on you, Mr. Landry.
Now that Thayer is back in town, out of jail, and crossed of Emma's suspects list, he is around a lot more. I love this boy, I really do. Pretty much everything he said made me (and Sutton and Emma and Laurel and every other girl in the book) melt in a big puddle of girl mush ("It's one thing for him to say things about me. But I can't stand him insulting you" *swoons*). I'm really glad he's becoming more involved and I have a feeling Emma will be revealing her true identity in the next book. I was sure she was going to in that last scene...
I was somewhat surprised by SOMETHING so i'm going to give this a three. Hopefully the next will be better...
Hide and Seek didn't follow the EXACT same pattern as the previous two, but it was still fairly predictable. The book starts off with Emma and Sutton going back to suspecting Laurel, sure she left the hospital after driving Thayer over there and then offing Sutton. I actually believed Laurel was somehow involved with Sutton's death; the girl is downright insane when it comes to Thayer. Of course, nope she gets another aliby and Sutton and Emma are quick to jump on a new suspect: Sutton's adoptive father. They were SO SURE he killed Sutton and ran over Thayer with the car, when he obviously did niether.
While Emma is focusing on all these people that were close to Sutton, I'm just sitting here shaking my head at her for not thinking of the one person that is not on her list of suspects: Ethan. There are so many subtle clues, not even Sutton is noticing them. Ethan obviously paid an odd amount of attention to Sutton while she was alive and the only time Emma seems to take note of this is out of jealousy. Also, Emma wrote off Ethan's running away when Thayer went to Sutton's at the end of the last book as Ethan being angry that Emma didn't introduce him as her boyfriend. Really, Emma? Really? He also knows how to hack computers. And ontop of all that, Thayer said he thought the person that ran him over had dark hair; if my memory serves me correct, Ethan has dark hair. I've got my eye on you, Mr. Landry.
Now that Thayer is back in town, out of jail, and crossed of Emma's suspects list, he is around a lot more. I love this boy, I really do. Pretty much everything he said made me (and Sutton and Emma and Laurel and every other girl in the book) melt in a big puddle of girl mush ("It's one thing for him to say things about me. But I can't stand him insulting you" *swoons*). I'm really glad he's becoming more involved and I have a feeling Emma will be revealing her true identity in the next book. I was sure she was going to in that last scene...
I was somewhat surprised by SOMETHING so i'm going to give this a three. Hopefully the next will be better...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 29, 2021
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Привет, пандишпанчета!
За много години като за начало и да се надявам (сама за себе си), че аз няма да изневеря на новогодишното си обещание да пиша повече през тази година. Определено не съм спряла да чета и да акумулирам книги, съдейки по количеството вкъщи.
Та, шегата на страна – започвам с една от най-пресните поредици в ума ми, която консумирах наведнъж. Не помня да съм чела скоро ей така 6 книги за два дена. Сама се видях в чудо!
Сара Шепърд стана доста популярна поради поредицата си за „Малките сладки лъжкини“ (която не съм чела, но сериала беше супер) и поредицата ѝ „Перфекциониста“, която е дуология и ми допадна. „Игри на лъжи“ е много стара нейна поредица, която на шега намерих в магазин Т-Маркет всяка за по 5лв – намерих само 4, а другите 2 прочетох на английски.
Идеята и сюжета на абсолютно всички книги на Сара е, че се въртят около мистериозно убийство, което главната героиня трябва да разреши.
В тази поредица Ема „по случайност“ разбира, че има сестра близначка (двете се оказват осиновени от различни семейства) и опитвайки се да се види с нея, всъщност се оказва в капан – близначката ѝ Сътън е била убита, а убиеца я кара да живее живота на Сътън, иначе и Ема ще я последва същата участ.
Можете да си представите в цели 6 книги, какви лукуми са били разтягани. Ах, имаше и любимото ми клише – любовен триъгълник. Но честно казано, като за тийн драма тип книги, бяха много добре изпипани. Определено имаше много елементи, които ми допаднаха в тях, за да ги изчета така бързо. Разбира се – да разбера кой е убиеца – беше главен мотивиращ фактор.
Поредицата си имаше всичко – мистерия, любов, динамика. Минах през всички спрекри на емоциите с всяка една част!
Мога само да ги опиша като кнкги, които трябва да се изживеят. Проблема е, че като знаеш вече края, надали би ги отгърнал повече. Може и да греша, кой знае.
Оценявам читателското си преживяване като 4/5 звезди.
Привет, пандишпанчета!
За много години като за начало и да се надявам (сама за себе си), че аз няма да изневеря на новогодишното си обещание да пиша повече през тази година. Определено не съм спряла да чета и да акумулирам книги, съдейки по количеството вкъщи.
Та, шегата на страна – започвам с една от най-пресните поредици в ума ми, която консумирах наведнъж. Не помня да съм чела скоро ей така 6 книги за два дена. Сама се видях в чудо!
Сара Шепърд стана доста популярна поради поредицата си за „Малките сладки лъжкини“ (която не съм чела, но сериала беше супер) и поредицата ѝ „Перфекциониста“, която е дуология и ми допадна. „Игри на лъжи“ е много стара нейна поредица, която на шега намерих в магазин Т-Маркет всяка за по 5лв – намерих само 4, а другите 2 прочетох на английски.
Идеята и сюжета на абсолютно всички книги на Сара е, че се въртят около мистериозно убийство, което главната героиня трябва да разреши.
В тази поредица Ема „по случайност“ разбира, че има сестра близначка (двете се оказват осиновени от различни семейства) и опитвайки се да се види с нея, всъщност се оказва в капан – близначката ѝ Сътън е била убита, а убиеца я кара да живее живота на Сътън, иначе и Ема ще я последва същата участ.
Можете да си представите в цели 6 книги, какви лукуми са били разтягани. Ах, имаше и любимото ми клише – любовен триъгълник. Но честно казано, като за тийн драма тип книги, бяха много добре изпипани. Определено имаше много елементи, които ми допаднаха в тях, за да ги изчета така бързо. Разбира се – да разбера кой е убиеца – беше главен мотивиращ фактор.
Поредицата си имаше всичко – мистерия, любов, динамика. Минах през всички спрекри на емоциите с всяка една част!
Мога само да ги опиша като кнкги, които трябва да се изживеят. Проблема е, че като знаеш вече края, надали би ги отгърнал повече. Може и да греша, кой знае.
Оценявам читателското си преживяване като 4/5 звезди.
September 17, 2012
(POST-READING REVIEW)
This was a terrific installment to what has become a respectable mystery series. Largely unlike the last book, Hide and Seek made me feel all the right emotions right on cue. Possibly not as exciting as the first two books, it still made a big jump in telling the story of the night Sutton died. I have now totally re-though Sutton's death and it may not be quite as diabolical as we all thought.
What more can I say without spoiling it? There were quite a few dramatic surprises, maybe more so than any of the other books. There were so many plot swings that I actually had to stop reading and just stare at the wall while taking it all in, sometimes. My general attitude toward the book now is: Whoa! I can honestly say I didn't see THAT coming. :)
Overall, this was a fine read, a solid continuation, and I'm looking forward to the next (and maybe last?) piece of the story.
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(PRE RELEASE REVIEW)
Looking forward to this one.. and more specifically the conclusion of this story. I just finished reading Two Truths and A Lie, and while it had the characteristic Lying game-esque suspense (I had to read it all in one day)I feel kinda let down by the lack of story progression in book 3. I don't think that it contributed to much to the characters or plot, except that we saw more specifically what Sutton was doing on the night she was killed. Otherwise I have to say Two Truths felt like a filler book. So I've gotta assume that book four will be a real thriller. I'll be waiting expectantly Sara, not foaming at the mouth or anything, but when this comes out... I'm so there.
This was a terrific installment to what has become a respectable mystery series. Largely unlike the last book, Hide and Seek made me feel all the right emotions right on cue. Possibly not as exciting as the first two books, it still made a big jump in telling the story of the night Sutton died. I have now totally re-though Sutton's death and it may not be quite as diabolical as we all thought.
What more can I say without spoiling it? There were quite a few dramatic surprises, maybe more so than any of the other books. There were so many plot swings that I actually had to stop reading and just stare at the wall while taking it all in, sometimes. My general attitude toward the book now is: Whoa! I can honestly say I didn't see THAT coming. :)
Overall, this was a fine read, a solid continuation, and I'm looking forward to the next (and maybe last?) piece of the story.
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(PRE RELEASE REVIEW)
Looking forward to this one.. and more specifically the conclusion of this story. I just finished reading Two Truths and A Lie, and while it had the characteristic Lying game-esque suspense (I had to read it all in one day)I feel kinda let down by the lack of story progression in book 3. I don't think that it contributed to much to the characters or plot, except that we saw more specifically what Sutton was doing on the night she was killed. Otherwise I have to say Two Truths felt like a filler book. So I've gotta assume that book four will be a real thriller. I'll be waiting expectantly Sara, not foaming at the mouth or anything, but when this comes out... I'm so there.
September 5, 2020
Neredeyse bütün Tucson katil şüphelisi 😞Bir ara acaba katil ben olabilir miyim diye düşünmedim deģil 🙄
September 4, 2014
Find out it's impossible to write this a review. Maybe if I re-read it someday...?
Little preview:
There's something on the story makes me read one book by one. Basically, it's the desire to find out who's the killer. Immediately after the start, I stopped over Emma's behavior. I mean come on. It has to be hard to know there's killer, but Emma, try to clarify the facts first before you start acting like a hysterical bitch.
Emma first half of the book:
Emma the second half of the book:
Little preview:
There's something on the story makes me read one book by one. Basically, it's the desire to find out who's the killer. Immediately after the start, I stopped over Emma's behavior. I mean come on. It has to be hard to know there's killer, but Emma, try to clarify the facts first before you start acting like a hysterical bitch.
Emma first half of the book:
She imagined Laurel banging racket to Sutton's head, and her stomach lifted.
Emma the second half of the book:
He looked like he couldn't catch his breath. Serves you right, Emma thought and left the parking lot.
April 12, 2015
That was a twist I did NOT see coming.
March 14, 2018
Okay den plot twist am Ende habe ich nicht kommen sehen...
September 29, 2012
These books are trashy, but good God I love them. I won't lie that they're repetitive: in each book Emma is lead to believe that one of her friends or family members is Sutton's killer, only to find out that said person has an alibi for the night of Sutton's murder. Then Emma finds a somewhat flimsy piece of evidence incriminating someone else, and our suspicions shift to them. Lather, rinse and repeat. But no matter how repetitive and predictable they might be, I find myself getting sucked in every time.
While the evidence against Laurel was compelling, I didn't quite buy that she'd killed Sutton. She might've acted cold and vicious toward Emma, but in the end she's no Ariana Osgood from the Privilege series - I doubted she was a good enough actress to cover up moonlighting as a merry teenage murderess. I also didn't buy that Mr Mercer killed his own daughter, though I love how the dynamic changes when you think of an adult killing Sutton, rather than some teenage spoiled brat.
In previous books I've been convinced that the killer was either Mr Vega or Mr Chamberlain, but now I'm not so sure. Aside from Mr Vega's violent tendencies and Mr Chamberlain's shady behaviour in Sabino Canyon, they don't really fit. Mr Vega is no doubt capable of murder, and Mr Chamberlain's strange behaviour toward Emma could be construed as confusion over seeing a dead girl, but I can't really see them posting Sutton's snuff film and hacking into her Facebook.
In fact, as much as I hate to admit it, the hacking sounds more like something Ethan would do. I'll be incredibly sad and annoyed if he's the killer, but he's the only one we've seen thus far with hacking skills. Though I have no idea how he'd manage to track down Emma and Travis to show them the snuff film, he seems perfectly capable of hacking Sutton's computer and Facebook.
The Lying Game crew also cheated him out of an incredibly important scholarship years ago, and though he claims that he's over it, I can't imagine anyone would get over losing such a great opportunity that easily. That money might have reduced the strain between him and his mother during her battle with cancer, or helped him get out of Tucson altogether. And we don't even have any details about the prank that cost him his scholarship, only that it made the authority involved sever ties with him altogether. It had to have been something big.
His comment about Sutton liking night-time football games was also a little weird - it didn't sound like something you'd overhear in the hall, it sounded like something Sutton would've told Thayer during their secret tryst.
****SPOILERS for Pretty Little Liars****
In Pretty Little Liars, both A's turned out to be people that the girls confided in. Mona was Hanna's best friend, and all the girls had looked up to Ali/Courtney/Iforgetwhichoneshewas like a Goddess. I wouldn't be surprised if Shepard intended to do something similar here, completely convincing us that Ethan was sane and in love with Emma, only to have him turn out to be a teenage psycho.
It would almost fit with Mona's reasons for tormenting the Liars - they treated her like dirt when they were with Ali, so after Ali was gone she exacted her revenge. Sutton and co. destroyed Ethan's shot at a bright future and laughed it off, so Ethan could very well have exacted his revenge on Sutton by destroying any chance she had at a future. I reeeeeally don't want it to be the case, but at this point I'm willing to suspect anybody!
****END Pretty Little Liars spoilers****
While we didn't make any progress in Hide and Seek on finding Sutton's murderer, Sara Shepard did drop a massive bombshell: Mr and Mrs Mercer are actually Sutton and Emma'a grandparents, and Becky is their daughter! And not only that, Becky has been lurking around Tucson under the name Raven Jannings, and meeting up with Mr Mercer from time to time! I guessed early on that Raven Jannings would turn out to be Becky, but I never guessed that she'd be related to the Mercers.
I'm really curious to find out what Becky did that made Mrs Mercer cut Becky out of her life completely. I don't think it's because Becky left a baby on their doorstep, nor do I think it's anger over something like stealing money. And at this point it seems clear that Mr and Mrs Mercer have no clue that Becky abandoned a second daughter (if they did, why wouldn't they try to track her down?!), so it can't be that either. I hope it's something juicy, like Becky killing someone back in the day!
Overall: I can see how people might be getting sick of the formula these books follow, but I absolutely adore it. I love meandering through ghost!Sutton's misleading memories, and unearthing everybody's dirty laundry with Emma. The Pretty Little Liars books weren't so systematic in the way they picked and ruled out suspects; they ranged from total strangers to family members. The Lying Game feels like we're scrolling through a list of people in Sutton's life, going from her innermost circle outward. I can only hope that the mystery stops before we hit 'total stranger' territory, because I'm going to be pissed if it ends up being some random truck driver!
While the evidence against Laurel was compelling, I didn't quite buy that she'd killed Sutton. She might've acted cold and vicious toward Emma, but in the end she's no Ariana Osgood from the Privilege series - I doubted she was a good enough actress to cover up moonlighting as a merry teenage murderess. I also didn't buy that Mr Mercer killed his own daughter, though I love how the dynamic changes when you think of an adult killing Sutton, rather than some teenage spoiled brat.
In previous books I've been convinced that the killer was either Mr Vega or Mr Chamberlain, but now I'm not so sure. Aside from Mr Vega's violent tendencies and Mr Chamberlain's shady behaviour in Sabino Canyon, they don't really fit. Mr Vega is no doubt capable of murder, and Mr Chamberlain's strange behaviour toward Emma could be construed as confusion over seeing a dead girl, but I can't really see them posting Sutton's snuff film and hacking into her Facebook.
In fact, as much as I hate to admit it, the hacking sounds more like something Ethan would do. I'll be incredibly sad and annoyed if he's the killer, but he's the only one we've seen thus far with hacking skills. Though I have no idea how he'd manage to track down Emma and Travis to show them the snuff film, he seems perfectly capable of hacking Sutton's computer and Facebook.
The Lying Game crew also cheated him out of an incredibly important scholarship years ago, and though he claims that he's over it, I can't imagine anyone would get over losing such a great opportunity that easily. That money might have reduced the strain between him and his mother during her battle with cancer, or helped him get out of Tucson altogether. And we don't even have any details about the prank that cost him his scholarship, only that it made the authority involved sever ties with him altogether. It had to have been something big.
His comment about Sutton liking night-time football games was also a little weird - it didn't sound like something you'd overhear in the hall, it sounded like something Sutton would've told Thayer during their secret tryst.
****SPOILERS for Pretty Little Liars****
In Pretty Little Liars, both A's turned out to be people that the girls confided in. Mona was Hanna's best friend, and all the girls had looked up to Ali/Courtney/Iforgetwhichoneshewas like a Goddess. I wouldn't be surprised if Shepard intended to do something similar here, completely convincing us that Ethan was sane and in love with Emma, only to have him turn out to be a teenage psycho.
It would almost fit with Mona's reasons for tormenting the Liars - they treated her like dirt when they were with Ali, so after Ali was gone she exacted her revenge. Sutton and co. destroyed Ethan's shot at a bright future and laughed it off, so Ethan could very well have exacted his revenge on Sutton by destroying any chance she had at a future. I reeeeeally don't want it to be the case, but at this point I'm willing to suspect anybody!
****END Pretty Little Liars spoilers****
While we didn't make any progress in Hide and Seek on finding Sutton's murderer, Sara Shepard did drop a massive bombshell: Mr and Mrs Mercer are actually Sutton and Emma'a grandparents, and Becky is their daughter! And not only that, Becky has been lurking around Tucson under the name Raven Jannings, and meeting up with Mr Mercer from time to time! I guessed early on that Raven Jannings would turn out to be Becky, but I never guessed that she'd be related to the Mercers.
I'm really curious to find out what Becky did that made Mrs Mercer cut Becky out of her life completely. I don't think it's because Becky left a baby on their doorstep, nor do I think it's anger over something like stealing money. And at this point it seems clear that Mr and Mrs Mercer have no clue that Becky abandoned a second daughter (if they did, why wouldn't they try to track her down?!), so it can't be that either. I hope it's something juicy, like Becky killing someone back in the day!
Overall: I can see how people might be getting sick of the formula these books follow, but I absolutely adore it. I love meandering through ghost!Sutton's misleading memories, and unearthing everybody's dirty laundry with Emma. The Pretty Little Liars books weren't so systematic in the way they picked and ruled out suspects; they ranged from total strangers to family members. The Lying Game feels like we're scrolling through a list of people in Sutton's life, going from her innermost circle outward. I can only hope that the mystery stops before we hit 'total stranger' territory, because I'm going to be pissed if it ends up being some random truck driver!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 24, 2016
I mean, the writing is great and all but the books are starting to all feel the same. The whole time I'm just like "Okay, but all the evidence pointing towards [current main suspect] is totally flimsy and overblown. Emma's just misinterpreting everything."
And then in the end of the book, I'm right.
(But I'm 4 books deep now and I can't stop so whatever.)
And then in the end of the book, I'm right.
(But I'm 4 books deep now and I can't stop so whatever.)
October 20, 2015
4.5 stars because this book is dearly the best one so far.
Ever since the first book I haven't trusted Ethan. I want to like him. Sorry I do like him but I have this gut feeling that he killed sutton and I hope I'm wrong.
Ever since the first book I haven't trusted Ethan. I want to like him. Sorry I do like him but I have this gut feeling that he killed sutton and I hope I'm wrong.
August 3, 2019
Another fun read in Sara Shepard’s Lying Game series. I’m getting closer to Book #6, can’t wait to find out who killed Sutton.
April 10, 2022
2,5-3/5
November 1, 2016
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Für diejenigen, die Band 1 – 3 noch nicht gelesen haben, könnte die Rezension Spoiler enthalten!!!!!
Inhalt:
Sie sucht den Mörder ihres Zwillings …
»Sutton ist tot. Sag es niemandem. Spiel weiter mit … Oder du bist als Nächste dran.«
Emma Paxton spielt ein Spiel auf Leben und Tod: Um den Mord an ihrer Zwillingsschwester Sutton aufzuklären, gibt sie sich als Sutton aus. Nur der Mörder und Emmas Freund Ethan kennen ihr Geheimnis. Nachdem Thayer, der attraktive Ex von Sutton, nicht mehr als Täter in Frage kommt, erhärtet sich der Verdacht gegen Suttons Schwester Laurel. Denn die ist nicht nur grün vor Eifersucht, weil Thayer Sutton-alias-Emma immer noch liebt, sie ist auch die einzige, die kein Alibi in der Mordnacht besitzt …
Quelle: randomhouse.de
Meinung:
Wie auch schon in Band 1-3 ist der Schreibstil der Autorin sehr angenehm zu lesen. Ihre Sätze sind nicht allzu kompliziert aber auch nicht so einfach , dass man sich vorkommt, als würde man ein Kinderbuch lesen. Das trägt sehr dazu bei, dass das Buch sehr schnell und sehr flüssig zu lesen ist und man es locker in 5 Stunden schaffen kann.
Wieder ist die Geschichte aus der Ich-Perspektive von Sutton geschrieben, die als Geist immer neben Emma sein muss und alles hört bzw. sieht was diese auch sieht. Mir ist es so vorgekommen, als wäre dieses Buch von der Schreibweise her etwas besser als Band 3, da nicht so viele Wiederholungen darin zu finden waren.
Die Geschichte schließt wieder nahtlos an das Ende von Band 3 an, was ich gut finde, da man somit keine Probleme mit Zeitsprüngen hat und immer genau weiß, was denn zuletzt passiert ist. Band 3 war mehr ein Lückenfüller, aber Band 4 macht das sicher weg. Die Geschichte ist spannender, man erfährt als Leser mehr Details und auch die Rückblenden von Sutton sind von Bedeutung.
Zu Beginn wird Lauren des Mordes an Sutton verdächtigt. Emma ist sich natürlich sicher, dass sie es war, wie es sich aber ungefähr in der Mitte des Buches herausstellt, war sie es nicht. Der neue Verdächtige ist Mr. Mercer. Diese Idee fand ich sehr gut und ich war oftmals wirklich überzeugt, dass er es war, die Auflösung jedoch hat mih wirklich schockiert.
Emma und Sutton dachten
Diese Wendung fang ich wirklich überraschend und ich muss sagen, dass ich damit nie gerechnet hätte. Die Autorin hat sich meiner Meinung nach mit den Intrigen und der Geheimnisstuerei in diesem Buch wirklich selbst übertroffen. Das hat dazu beigetragen, dass ich gar nicht aufhören konnte zu lesen, da es einfach so spannend war.
Nach Beenden dieses Buches, muss ich sofort mit Teil 5 weiter machen, da so viele Fragen offen geblieben sind, dich ich beantwortet haben will.
Auch die Charaktere haben sich meiner Meinung nach alle weiterentwickelt. Emma versucht mehr sie selbst als Sutton zu sein, Ethan genießt es im Rampenlicht zu stehen und am besten gefällt mir Thayer, da er einfach frischen Wind in die Geschichte bringt. Vom ihm würde ich gern noch mehr lesen.
Wer ist nun der Mörder?
Wie sollte es anders sein, erfährt man auch hier nicht, wer Sutton denn nun umgebracht hat. Das wird sich auch in Band 5 nicht ändern, aber meine Vermutung ist immer noch die selbe. Ethan. Warum? Einige Punkte, warum ich denke, dass er es war, könnt ihr in meiner Rezension zu Band 3 nachlesen.
In diesem Band haben mich aber zwei weitere Punkte aufhorchen lassen und meine Vermutung verstärkt.
1. Ethan genießt es beliebt zu sein. Er meinte zwar immer, dass im das egal sein, aber offensichtlich nicht.
2. Ethan wusste Sachen über Sutton, die man als jemand, der sie nicht kannte, einfach nicht wissen kann. Er behauptet dann er hat das im Schulflurt gehört. Ehrlich? Sehr suspekt.
Fazit:
Es geht wieder bergauf! Band 3 war leider nicht so besonders, aber dieser Teil hatte wirklich alles und es bleibt weiterhin spannend. Eine klare Leseempfehlung für alle die gern einen spannenden Jugenthriller zwischendurch lesen wollen. Das Buch bekommt von mir 4 von 5 Sternen.
Für diejenigen, die Band 1 – 3 noch nicht gelesen haben, könnte die Rezension Spoiler enthalten!!!!!
Inhalt:
Sie sucht den Mörder ihres Zwillings …
»Sutton ist tot. Sag es niemandem. Spiel weiter mit … Oder du bist als Nächste dran.«
Emma Paxton spielt ein Spiel auf Leben und Tod: Um den Mord an ihrer Zwillingsschwester Sutton aufzuklären, gibt sie sich als Sutton aus. Nur der Mörder und Emmas Freund Ethan kennen ihr Geheimnis. Nachdem Thayer, der attraktive Ex von Sutton, nicht mehr als Täter in Frage kommt, erhärtet sich der Verdacht gegen Suttons Schwester Laurel. Denn die ist nicht nur grün vor Eifersucht, weil Thayer Sutton-alias-Emma immer noch liebt, sie ist auch die einzige, die kein Alibi in der Mordnacht besitzt …
Quelle: randomhouse.de
Meinung:
Wie auch schon in Band 1-3 ist der Schreibstil der Autorin sehr angenehm zu lesen. Ihre Sätze sind nicht allzu kompliziert aber auch nicht so einfach , dass man sich vorkommt, als würde man ein Kinderbuch lesen. Das trägt sehr dazu bei, dass das Buch sehr schnell und sehr flüssig zu lesen ist und man es locker in 5 Stunden schaffen kann.
Wieder ist die Geschichte aus der Ich-Perspektive von Sutton geschrieben, die als Geist immer neben Emma sein muss und alles hört bzw. sieht was diese auch sieht. Mir ist es so vorgekommen, als wäre dieses Buch von der Schreibweise her etwas besser als Band 3, da nicht so viele Wiederholungen darin zu finden waren.
Die Geschichte schließt wieder nahtlos an das Ende von Band 3 an, was ich gut finde, da man somit keine Probleme mit Zeitsprüngen hat und immer genau weiß, was denn zuletzt passiert ist. Band 3 war mehr ein Lückenfüller, aber Band 4 macht das sicher weg. Die Geschichte ist spannender, man erfährt als Leser mehr Details und auch die Rückblenden von Sutton sind von Bedeutung.
Zu Beginn wird Lauren des Mordes an Sutton verdächtigt. Emma ist sich natürlich sicher, dass sie es war, wie es sich aber ungefähr in der Mitte des Buches herausstellt, war sie es nicht. Der neue Verdächtige ist Mr. Mercer. Diese Idee fand ich sehr gut und ich war oftmals wirklich überzeugt, dass er es war, die Auflösung jedoch hat mih wirklich schockiert.
Emma und Sutton dachten
Diese Wendung fang ich wirklich überraschend und ich muss sagen, dass ich damit nie gerechnet hätte. Die Autorin hat sich meiner Meinung nach mit den Intrigen und der Geheimnisstuerei in diesem Buch wirklich selbst übertroffen. Das hat dazu beigetragen, dass ich gar nicht aufhören konnte zu lesen, da es einfach so spannend war.
Nach Beenden dieses Buches, muss ich sofort mit Teil 5 weiter machen, da so viele Fragen offen geblieben sind, dich ich beantwortet haben will.
Auch die Charaktere haben sich meiner Meinung nach alle weiterentwickelt. Emma versucht mehr sie selbst als Sutton zu sein, Ethan genießt es im Rampenlicht zu stehen und am besten gefällt mir Thayer, da er einfach frischen Wind in die Geschichte bringt. Vom ihm würde ich gern noch mehr lesen.
Wer ist nun der Mörder?
Wie sollte es anders sein, erfährt man auch hier nicht, wer Sutton denn nun umgebracht hat. Das wird sich auch in Band 5 nicht ändern, aber meine Vermutung ist immer noch die selbe. Ethan. Warum? Einige Punkte, warum ich denke, dass er es war, könnt ihr in meiner Rezension zu Band 3 nachlesen.
In diesem Band haben mich aber zwei weitere Punkte aufhorchen lassen und meine Vermutung verstärkt.
1. Ethan genießt es beliebt zu sein. Er meinte zwar immer, dass im das egal sein, aber offensichtlich nicht.
2. Ethan wusste Sachen über Sutton, die man als jemand, der sie nicht kannte, einfach nicht wissen kann. Er behauptet dann er hat das im Schulflurt gehört. Ehrlich? Sehr suspekt.
Fazit:
Es geht wieder bergauf! Band 3 war leider nicht so besonders, aber dieser Teil hatte wirklich alles und es bleibt weiterhin spannend. Eine klare Leseempfehlung für alle die gern einen spannenden Jugenthriller zwischendurch lesen wollen. Das Buch bekommt von mir 4 von 5 Sternen.
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February 20, 2023I loved it and it had so many cliffhangers and twists in the story.
August 18, 2012
2.5 Rating
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Overall:
I'm so tired of The Lying Games series. I'm not even kidding. I used to love this book series so much, but now I'm sick of it. The characters are getting crummy and the plot is going nowhere. At the pace the series is going, we won't find out who the killer is until book twenty! (Even though the big arrow is pointing at Ethan..just saying!) I feel Sara Shepard is going overboard with the books. I can sort of forgive her with the Pretty Little Liars series, however enough is enough. If Ms. Shepard keeps going down this road, she will be losing one reader for the devoted series.
So, what did I think about the 4th book??
I thought the book was okay. Felt like the author was rehashing all the evidence. Though, I have to admit the ending was a WTF moment. Swore, I never even saw it coming... Well I guess the journey will continue in 2013! Hopefully it will be The Lying Games LAST novel!!
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I'm so tired of The Lying Games series. I'm not even kidding. I used to love this book series so much, but now I'm sick of it. The characters are getting crummy and the plot is going nowhere. At the pace the series is going, we won't find out who the killer is until book twenty! (Even though the big arrow is pointing at Ethan..just saying!) I feel Sara Shepard is going overboard with the books. I can sort of forgive her with the Pretty Little Liars series, however enough is enough. If Ms. Shepard keeps going down this road, she will be losing one reader for the devoted series.
So, what did I think about the 4th book??
I thought the book was okay. Felt like the author was rehashing all the evidence. Though, I have to admit the ending was a WTF moment. Swore, I never even saw it coming... Well I guess the journey will continue in 2013! Hopefully it will be The Lying Games LAST novel!!
September 30, 2013
Just like with the others in the series, I breezed through this book : the storyline is just so addicting; the mystery's growing and the little twist at the end just made the whole plot that much more captivating and intense. I personnally didn't see it coming and I have to say I really like where Sara Shepard's going with it. I am a little disappointed that we'll only get the conclusion of Emma's and Sutton's 'adventures' next year and that we'll have to wait for two more books to come out to finally piece everything together but it's also fun trying to decipher all the clues that Sara Shepard has been planting all along for us to find. Although by that time I had a pretty clear idea in my mind of who the bad guy was in PLL, here I just can't seem to point my finger at just one suspect. Which is a good thing : I like being kept on my toes :-)Waiting sucks though. It really does. Those endless series are killing me *sigh*
March 30, 2012
I love the lying game it is such a great book read it
March 19, 2015
Nice, quick read. Keeps you on the edge of your seat, but it raises so much questions just as the Pretty Little Liar books did. And that's annoying.
October 10, 2020
Rating: 4 stars
*Please do not read this review if you haven't read Two Truths and a Lie.*
Oh My Goodness, what the hell just happened? Another plot twist? I cannot believe that happened! Once again, I go into a Lying Game novel, expecting for some kind of clue of who the killer might be, and I always come out whiplashed and burned because what goes on in the novel. I think this might be my favorite Lying Game novel because I was so tense and nervous the entire time! I was so afraid that Emma was going to die. FYI, she doesn't die.
The last book, Two Truths and a Lie , ended with Laurel looking at Emma murderously, so naturally, I think that Laurel was the one who killed Sutton. The whole atmosphere between Laurel and Emma at the beginning of the book is pretty toxic, and it gives Emma a pretty good reason to suspect Laurel. Then, their dad's party happens, and all hell breaks loose. Emma finds out that . Nowhere is safe for Emma, and she begins to investigate more into . I think the biggest surprise was when Literally, it felt like my head exploded once I figured this out. It's so strange and weird, but oddly enough, it makes sense. The book ends with . I need to read Cross My Heart, Hope to Die.
*Please do not read this review if you haven't read Two Truths and a Lie.*
Oh My Goodness, what the hell just happened? Another plot twist? I cannot believe that happened! Once again, I go into a Lying Game novel, expecting for some kind of clue of who the killer might be, and I always come out whiplashed and burned because what goes on in the novel. I think this might be my favorite Lying Game novel because I was so tense and nervous the entire time! I was so afraid that Emma was going to die. FYI, she doesn't die.
The last book, Two Truths and a Lie , ended with Laurel looking at Emma murderously, so naturally, I think that Laurel was the one who killed Sutton. The whole atmosphere between Laurel and Emma at the beginning of the book is pretty toxic, and it gives Emma a pretty good reason to suspect Laurel. Then, their dad's party happens, and all hell breaks loose. Emma finds out that . Nowhere is safe for Emma, and she begins to investigate more into . I think the biggest surprise was when Literally, it felt like my head exploded once I figured this out. It's so strange and weird, but oddly enough, it makes sense. The book ends with . I need to read Cross My Heart, Hope to Die.
October 28, 2019
3.5 stars.
I read Hide and Seek in August of 2012, so I’m not going to review. I’m just adding books to my read shelf that never made it there when I first read them (thanks, child Kayleigh, for deciding to keep a list of all the books you’ve read, their dates, and their rating since early 2007).
I read Hide and Seek in August of 2012, so I’m not going to review. I’m just adding books to my read shelf that never made it there when I first read them (thanks, child Kayleigh, for deciding to keep a list of all the books you’ve read, their dates, and their rating since early 2007).
March 16, 2022
Myślałam że ta seria mnie już niczym nie zaskoczy ale koncowka to jedno wielkie - CO?
Please ja chcę już wiedzieć co się stało
Please ja chcę już wiedzieć co się stało
August 11, 2024
Content warnings: murder (in the past)
Part of me doesn't know why I continue to read this series when I've given them all 2 stars. Part of me desperately needs to know how this absolute nonsense is going to play out. I continue to be shocked that Shepard managed to drag this premise out for 1,800 pages across 6 books because it's bonkers from the get go and not in a good way.
Part of me doesn't know why I continue to read this series when I've given them all 2 stars. Part of me desperately needs to know how this absolute nonsense is going to play out. I continue to be shocked that Shepard managed to drag this premise out for 1,800 pages across 6 books because it's bonkers from the get go and not in a good way.
May 5, 2015
Pros Quick, summer read
Cons I think this series has crossed over to boring territory. In fact not only boring, but kinda bad as well. I am sick and tired of all the accusations, which you know by the end of the book are gonna be proven wrong, and for the author to try to convince you they won't, is futile. I don't like the way Emma treats people she thinks killed her sister and then when she finds out they didn't (duh) she's like "Oh. Really? In retrospect, I had no evidence whatsoever, even though in my mind you were a cold blooded killer. Oh well. Friends? " So that's not happening for me.
Also I am not convinced at all by the huge reveal in the end. If anything, I was like "What????Are you kidding me? You can't be serious!" And it was exactly that, not serious and stupid. I guess I'll read the next one, but I am not sure from then on.
Cons I think this series has crossed over to boring territory. In fact not only boring, but kinda bad as well. I am sick and tired of all the accusations, which you know by the end of the book are gonna be proven wrong, and for the author to try to convince you they won't, is futile. I don't like the way Emma treats people she thinks killed her sister and then when she finds out they didn't (duh) she's like "Oh. Really? In retrospect, I had no evidence whatsoever, even though in my mind you were a cold blooded killer. Oh well. Friends? " So that's not happening for me.
Also I am not convinced at all by the huge reveal in the end. If anything, I was like "What????Are you kidding me? You can't be serious!" And it was exactly that, not serious and stupid. I guess I'll read the next one, but I am not sure from then on.
August 5, 2012
This is the very last book that I will read in this series. There is no way that it takes more than 4 books to solve a murder mystery! I am sorry I ever wasted time on this series. Don't waste your time........there are way better books that have much better story lines.
October 17, 2015
I decided to finally finish this series. They are so fun and quick to read. I need to read something like this right now and I want to know what happens at the end.
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