Whispers and lies Book

"The name tumbled slowly, almost languorously, from her lips, the way honey slides from the blade of a knife".

Whispers and Lies
by Joy Fielding



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I love this writer's work. But this book was a major miss for me.

I hardly ever give ones and I do not like giving one now. I suppose I feel a bit cheated.

This book is not a psychological thriller. It is gory horror. Period. Anyone going in expecting a clever mystery with little gore should be warned.

I like my horror to be a little more subtle. There wasn't anything subtle about this.

It was also a bit icky. I mean..I read lots of books but at the end..wait..I should say

SPOILERS!

The "twist" was not good. And not believable or clever. It was very disturbing and frankly the book only gets more so.

I do not see how having a mother and daughter almost..kiss? Yuck..makes the story more clever.

It descends into a gore fest and nothing makes sense. By the end, there is no plot, only a body count.

I wan you to go into this with caution. I HATE giving ones but I do not see how I could give anything else with this one. At least it should be marketed as a traditional horror because that's what it is.