{"id":1602637,"date":"2020-10-04T13:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1602637"},"modified":"2020-10-04T13:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T17:23:12","slug":"divine-reads-this-is-how-i-lied-by-heather-gudenkauf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/divine-reads-this-is-how-i-lied-by-heather-gudenkauf\/","title":{"rendered":"DIVINE Reads: This Is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Is How I Lied: About the Book<\/h2>\n

Everyone has a secret they\u2019ll do anything to hide\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twenty-five years ago, the body of sixteen-year-old Eve Knox was found in the caves near her home in small-town Grotto, Iowa\u2014discovered by her best friend, Maggie, and her sister, Nola. There were a handful of suspects, including her boyfriend, Nick, but without sufficient evidence the case ultimately went cold.<\/p>\n

For decades Maggie was haunted by Eve\u2019s death and that horrible night. Now a detective in Grotto, and seven months pregnant, she is thrust back into the past when a new piece of evidence surfaces and the case is reopened. As Maggie investigates and reexamines the clues, secrets about what really happened begin to emerge. But someone in town knows more than they\u2019re letting on, and they\u2019ll stop at nothing to keep the truth buried deep.<\/p>\n

The Review<\/h2>\n

\u201cThis Is How I Lied\u201d by critically acclaimed author, Heather Gudenkauf, will thrill even the most cynical mystery lover.\u00a0 The book<\/a> will feel familiar.\u00a0 It is told from three different perspectives \u2013 Maggie Kennedy-O\u2019Keefe, the detective investigating and best friend of Eve. Nola Knox, the very odd, somewhat scary sister of Eve, and of course, Eve herself.\u00a0 It has the vague feel of \u201cThe Lovely Bones\u201d, but the biggest difference is that it is told in flashback versus the character being in the moment like Maggie and Nola\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Is How I Lied\u201d has so many plot twists and red herrings, it is a book where everyone is a suspect and not one person seems innocent.\u00a0 The pace of the book is fast, and you will want to race to finish to find out what happens. It has all of the makings of the usual scandal in a small town.\u00a0 The popular guy who is really abusive. The older man that takes advantage of younger women.\u00a0 The sister who is so strange, that you could see her being the killer.\u00a0 The former Chief of Police whose own dementia hides a secret that he has been keeping.\u00a0\u00a0 Maggie, whose guilt spawns a storyline of its own.\u00a0 Finally, the loving husband who may not be exactly what he seems.<\/p>\n

Gudenkauf\u2019s descriptions make you feel like you are in the small town of Grotto with the characters.\u00a0 You can really picture the people, the places and events in the book.\u00a0 There are some goose-bump inducing moments that make it the perfect book for Halloween.<\/p>\n

There are thrills and chills in \u201cThis Is How I Lied\u201d<\/a>, but there is also good character development.\u00a0 There are a few questions that remained unanswered at the end of the book though.\u00a0 It is one of the rare exceptions where the book would actually have benefitted from an extra 50 pages to really wrap up the loose ends.\u00a0 Either way, it was an enjoyable read and it is the sign of a good book when you are left wanting more.<\/p>\n

Favourite Line From the Book<\/h2>\n

\u201cWas there something in her eyes or in the way she held her head that said, \u201cPick me, I\u2019m weak. I won\u2019t stand up to you.\u201d But she did stand up for herself.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a perfect example of how Gudenkauf captured not only the way teens think, but also the way woman sometimes feel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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