Only the Truth

bailed

Normally I wouldn't review a bail like this, but since it was one of my #22booksin22 for @jb72 's challenge, I thought I would mention it. This one has been on my Kindle since February 2017. Dan is traveling for work, as he always does, and is banging the hotel receptionist, as he apparently also always does (no matter where the hotel is). He comes back from supper to find his wife, who was supposedly at home 70 miles away, dead in the shower. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Instead of calling the police like a normal human being, Dan assumes that the police would blame him yadda yadda so he takes off. As he is getting in his car, the receptionist jumps in with him. He confesses to her what is going on and she's like “yeah you're right, we gotta get out of here! I'll come, too!!“ And right there, within the first 50 pages of the book, I was already pretty much checked out, because this story already didn't ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) make much sense. Over the next few chapters, Jess is magically calm and in control - Dan comments on it CONSTANTLY how he's panicking but Jess just “knows what to do“ (which definitely isn't SUSPICIOUS, right DAN?!). The foreshadowing was incredibly heavy and clunky, but I found myself doubting it, because what could Jess's motive possibly be?? She just met Dan two days before and never met his wife, right?? There was this weird ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) flashback thing going on where we see parts of Dan's childhood where he was living in an orphanage run by nuns who were, of course, abusive, as all nuns are, right? It also makes perfect sense that nuns would be in charge of an all-boy orphanage where the boys live until they're 16. It also makes perfect sense that the nuns would regularly be visited by a random man who has no particular connection to the church that I could determine ⬇ 2y

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) and apparently just shows up to rape boys?? The nuns are cool with it?? When Dan fights back and the police get called in, the boys are like “oh this random dude who visits the nuns is obviously a Very Good Guy so we just need you to behave yourself and be grateful that you aren't on the streets, why would we call Child Protective Services or look into this at all?“ What!?!?!? This entire childhood flashback story literally also made no ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) sense and was driving me absolutely crazy.

For someone who wasn't going to talk about this book I am really rambling on. If you want to know the spoiler ending, because I skipped to the end, I'll post it below. However, I didn't find the flashback conclusion so I still have no idea why it was remotely relevant or necessary to the rest of the story, and I didn't care enough to try to find those particularly passages lol (edited) 2y

TheAromaofBooks Guys, obviously Jess was abused by her stepdad when she was young and she's also a psychopath who literally burned down her house with mom and stepdad inside of it to kill them and now gets jobs at random hotels around England and has sex with guys who are married to “test“ them and then destroys their lives!! It makes perfect sense that to “punish“ Dan (a stranger) she would lure his wife to the hotel and murder her! Way to score one against ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) against the patriarchy, Jess!!! I just...?!!??!!? How does that remotely make sense!?!?!?!? And even setting that aside, how did she know Dan was going to do a runner?? The entire rest of this “ruining his life“ thing hinges on him running out and jumping in his car and taking off - NOT logical behavior! Yet that's what she “planned“ to have happen!??! I just couldn't read this book any more because my eyes were rolling too hard 😂 2y

MicheleinPhilly This review is golden. 😂 2y

jb72 Loved the review! 2y

TrishB Brilliant 😁 2y

Clare-Dragonfly Oh my goodness 😂😂😂 2y

TheAromaofBooks @MicheleinPhilly @jb72 @TrishB @Clare-Dragonfly - Thank you for enjoying this one... once I got started I apparently had a lot more rage bottled up than I anticipated! 😂 2y

Laughterhp Hahaha oh my goodness 🤣🤣 2y

bthegood The best recap of a bailed book EVER!! Thank you for making me smile this morning - make a great day 🌞 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Laughterhp @bthegood - I got a little carried away 😂 2y

robinb So…did you like it?? 😆 2y

TheAromaofBooks @robinb - Well, it wasn't my favorite read of the month 😂 2y

robinb @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 2y

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Sweettartlaura

Only the Truth | Adam Croft

pan

Plot holes the size of craters... cliches instead of characters... There‘s a lot to dislike here. But perhaps the most jarring thing is that it doesn‘t read like it‘s written by a British person at all. Instead it feels like it‘s written by a person pretending to be a British writer. That‘s how inauthentic this writing is.

RaimeyGallant Yikes. 6y

Sweettartlaura @RaimeyGallant Yeah it‘s not good. You‘ll finish it if you start it, ‘cos it‘s compelling enough & it‘s short. But don‘t bother starting - there are way better thrillers out there. 6y

RaimeyGallant I appreciate honest reviews. 6y

Sweettartlaura Thanks, @RaimeyGallant 🙂 6y

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Sweettartlaura

Only the Truth | Adam Croft

I have 5 books left to finish both tracks of #LitsyAtoZ. Hoping to polish it off this month.

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TrishB

Only the Truth | Adam Croft

#thetruthaboutlove #tuneintonovember
Well I have some truth 😀
@Cinfhen @Robothugs

RadicalReader @TrishB can‘t wait to check this book out for myself. I love thrillers they‘re my favorite novels to read 6y

TrishB @RadicalReader I love a good thriller too 👍 6y

RadicalReader @TrishB a wonderful book I recommend is

Secrets She Keeps

TrishB @RadicalReader have stacked this thanks 👍 6y

LeahBergen This sounds like a fun one. 👍🏻 6y

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TrishB

Only the Truth | Adam Croft

#Iheardarumour #augustgrrl
@Cinfhen
Rumour - lies and truth 😀
Obviously lying is a lot more popular on my kindle!

Cinfhen Haha...TRUTH 😉 7y

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soozandherbooks

Only the Truth | Adam Croft

A spot of light thriller reading in the afternoon sun. This has been okay so far but another twist just turned it up a notch! #onlythetruth #adamcroft

MrBook Nice pic! 7y

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ValerieAndBooks

Only the Truth | Adam Croft

bailed

All of my #kindlefirst picks thus far (except one -- I'll tag it in the comments) have been bails. I started this one (not from the May picks) this morning and guessed who dun it early on. Yes I skipped to the last couple chapters to see if I was right and I'm not interested enough to see if I'm right about the why. Still trying to decide which one to pick from this month 🤔

ValerieAndBooks I actually liked my pick from April:

Crimes Against a Book Club

MicheleinPhilly I've only ever done one Kindle First and that was an author I had previously enjoyed. I've always felt "meh" about most of the selections so I don't bother. 7y

Donna_sBookMinute 😂😂😂 skipped to the last chapters to see if you were right!! 7y

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Betty Most of the time I don't bother. Why should I because Litsy recommends better! 7y

ValerieAndBooks @MicheleinPhilly I do it only because they're free...but there's been a couple times I forgot to download by month's end and just know it was probably no loss 🙄 7y

ValerieAndBooks @Donna_sBookMinute I know I cheated 😂 but I knew I wasn't going to stay with it, so why not 😉 7y

ValerieAndBooks @Betty so true, it's gotten to where I'll look at Litsy reviews when I'm trying to decide on a book😊 7y

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