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title: "The Lying Game: A Novel Hardcover – July 25, 2017"
brand: "ruth ware"
price: "$77.60"
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# The Lying Game: A Novel Hardcover – July 25, 2017

**Brand:** ruth ware
**Price:** $77.60
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- **What is this?** The Lying Game: A Novel Hardcover – July 25, 2017 by ruth ware
- **How much does it cost?** $77.60 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Satisfying, on-the-edge-of-your-seat good!!!
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024*

So many twists and turns....when you think you figure it out you are not even close! Wasn't interested in some gossipy girls romance thriller, and this is the furthest thing from that! Nail biting, on the edge of your seat good! I recommend to all thrill seeker readers.Love Ruth Ware books. Already starting the next!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Interesting reading but....
  

*by B***K on Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018*

The book kept my interest, was absorbing and suspenseful. BUT (may contain spoilers) the plot was disturbingly implausible and the characters unappealing. First off, Kate’s demanding her friends to disrupt their lives to visit her when in fact she was lying to them and essentially wasting their time. Secondly, Isa’s arrogance walking off to visit Kate two times with her baby irregardless of the needs of her husband and father of the baby. Thirdly, the unrealistic well adjusted behavior of a baby being put through such changes. Fourth, questions left unanswered after such an insane ending: what happens to the dog Shadow after he loses his home and his owner? Who adopts him? How did the girls even get home after their possessions were burned in the fire? The book sustained my interest due to its good writing, action and unexpected twists. For this reason I gave it 4 stars, as it was a worthwhile reading experience despite weaknesses in the storyline and characterizations.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Disappointing
  

*by G***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2017*

I'm a serious fan of Ware but truth is, her Woman in Cabin 10 is her best novel.DO NOT READ PAST THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT THE SPOILERWe have four women, Kate, Isa, Thea and Fatima, who spent their girlhood at a boarding school whereby they bond together and form a game the excludes outsides called The Lying Game. There are rules to this game that have consequences then and 17 years later. During their school period, they meet the father of Kate and he's an eccentric ex-heroine addict and artist. The lives they form with him are innocent enough as he acts as a father figure for the most part. Along the way, there's the introduction of Luc, Kate's step-brother. As the story begins to unfold from present to past through the eyes of Isa, the feeling I kept having was how her six month old daughter, Freya, was truly the only demon Isa was facing. Freya is a needy, screaming, clutching child that demands attention to the point of excruciating annoyance to the reader. I couldn't help but wish Isa would just stop responding at every demand. But this is digression.The "real" story isn't so terrible as it turns out. There's no real awfulness in what takes place. Luc  murders his father and we're sort of led to believe that maybe Kate did it as her father was supposedly sending her away because he found out she was sleeping with Luc. The truth turns out to be the opposite in that her father was sending Luc away and he couldn't  face the life he'd come from which had been with a heroine addicted mother.  There's no shocking twist in t his and just a long lead up to what you figure is the conclusion.Ware had the opportunity to turn this into something truly devastating but she didn't use her own material to do so. A better ending would've been that the father was sleeping with Kate and she got pregnant. But that wasn't the case.Overall,  it was still a good read in that there is a lot of odd situations and drama but it's just not up to par with what Ware can produce.

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