Amber Reynolds wakes up in the hospital and realizes that while she can hear everything around her, she cannot see and cannot move. From people going in and out of her room, she determines she is in a coma but has no memory of how she got there. Was it something to do with her sister Claire who seems to be always around? Or Amber’s husband? Is something going on between her husband and sister? Or was it something else?
The book is told in three parts – “Now” when Amber is in the coma, “Then” the days leading up to the accident, and childhood diaries from years before.
Through the flashback scenes, we slowly figure out what happened to Amber and what led to her being in the hospital. There are plenty of twists and turns and I thought the author set everything up flawlessly. Things popped up that I wasn’t even thinking about and I was kept guessing until the end of the book. I even went back and reread some parts to make sure there weren’t any hints that I missed.
I did have a couple of nit-picks:
- I didn’t get the twist/shocking ending on the last couple of pages and thought I missed something until I went on goodreads and read the Popular Answered Questions section (one of my favorite sections on goodreads). I think the book could have done without the little epilogue; however I read that there is going to be a sequel so I suppose it is setting that up.
- There was one character that I could have done without. I didn’t understand his inclusion in the novel as he only seemed to serve as a red herring. I felt there was enough questioning as to what actually happened to Amber that we didn’t need him.
The title of the book is Sometimes I Lie so I guess it’s up to you as to whether you believe Amber or not about what happened.
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