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| Title | : | Tell Me Lies |
| Author | : | Jennifer Crusie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | July 11th 2004 by St. Martin's Paperbacks (first published January 1st 1998) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary Romance. Fiction. Contemporary. Humor |

Jennifer Crusie
Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.71 | 12209 Users | 505 Reviews
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I cannot enjoy a story where the major plot events are based on heroine stupidity. Tell Me Lies had five major stupidities. Here are two of them. Maddie knows a security guard watches couples having sex at a place called The Point. So why does she insist that CL take her there to have sex? When the guard sees them, she is horrified. She is worried that he will gossip and she may have trouble getting custody of her daughter in the divorce. Apparently I am supposed to believe she had been drinking and forgot about the security guard. Maddie is a suspect in the murder of her husband. Someone planted the murder weapon (gun) in her car. When she sees it, she picks it up which puts her fingerprints on it. Stupidity is the main reason I did not give it more stars. But a second reason was “the heroine lying to her daughter and others” was not interesting. Her husband is having an affair and a divorce is coming. But Maddie tells her daughter that everything is fine. Her habit is telling lies to her daughter. Toward the end the daughter is upset at all the lies, so Maddie promises to be truthful. But after this sweet connection, she tells more lies to her daughter. For example someone was hired to hit Maddie’s car, but Maddie tells her daughter it was an accident, not intentional. The daughter asks if Maddie is going to marry CL. Maddie says no. The reader knows they will marry. Another lie was everyone “knew” her husband hit her, but she continued to say she ran into a wall. On balance, the lies were not interesting or entertaining - to me. Another reader liked this book and commented to me “her insecurity, stupidity, impulsiveness, closeness to her mother and grandmother, obliviousness to her husband, et al make her a three-dimensional person.” So some will like this. I’ve read this twice, in 2007 and 2012. DATA: Story length: 347 pages. Swearing language: moderate to strong, including religious swear words. Sexual language: none to mild. Number of sex scenes: three or four. Setting: current day Ohio. Copyright. 1998. Genre: romantic mystery.Identify Books Conducive To Tell Me Lies
| Original Title: | Tell Me Lies |
| ISBN: | 0312932820 (ISBN13: 9780312932824) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.71 From 12209 Users | 505 ReviewsEvaluation Based On Books Tell Me Lies
3.5 Stars. Good story with some unexpected twists along the way.I really enjoyed this book. Had some great laughs, kept me guessing and honestly the Grandma is the kind of lady I'd love to be when I'm older! Tell Me Lies is about Maddie Faraday's life gone wrong. She finds evidence her husband is cheating on her... again, her best friend is seemingly keeping secrets from her, her small-town neighbours know all about her business and they just LOVE to gossip, and the man she lost her virginity to in high school has just shown up on her doorstep looking just
I should have gone with my first impulse and skipped that one...It starts with Maddie, the heroine, finding crochless panties in her husband's car. He had been unfaithful before, but she'd allowed him to convince her to forgive him, but this time she is determined to divorce him.Turns out he has also been (view spoiler)[embezzling money from his company and swindling people, and screwing over everyone, from his wife and business partners, to his mistress (hide spoiler)].Enter CL, the hero, who

Not my favorite novel by Crusie - but still an enjoyable read.
I liked Maddie and C.L. and I liked their relationship, too. And Maddie's daughter Em had some stellar moments that gave the book an endearing heart I greatly appreciated. Indeed, if it hadn't been for Maddie's husband Brent this would easily have been four stars. Yeah, Brent had affairs and their marriage hadn't been working for years, obviously, but I still just can't get past Maddie's adulteryand that goes for C.L. as well (since he was fully aware of the state of affairs . . . heh).The rest
Who is Brent sleeping with?? While not a mystery in the Romantic Suspense world, it IS a mystery, and one that Maddie must solve before it drives her crazy. Well, not that Maddie isn't already crazy. Even C.J. is looking good, and THAT is just plain crazy.If you are looking for a change from the angst filled world of Romantic Suspense, read this book. It has comedy, romance and mystery (who is Brent sleeping with, etc.). There is a great cast of suspects and any one of them could have done it.


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