Thriller Annotation - Never Lie
Author: Freida McFadden
Title: Never Lie
Genre: Thriller
Publication Date:
September 19, 2022
Number of Pages: 336
Pages
Geographical Setting: Rural
house, in New York State
Time Period: Current time
period, 21st century
Series (If applicable):
N/A
Plot Summary:
A young
woman, Tricia, and her husband, Ethan, are going to a house outside of
Manhattan to check it out and see if they want to purchase it. They arrive in a
blizzard and are stuck due to all the snow build-up. This leads them to figure
out what they plan to do while they wait for the blizzard to stop and for
someone to clear out the snow. With no cell phone reception and no wifi, Tricia
starts looking for something to do, and this starts us on our journey to
figuring out what happened in this house that used to be owned by the renowned
Dr. Adrienne Hale and leads us down a path that we least expected. With this,
we learn of a secret room with cassette tapes, and a story that unfolds that we
could never expect to take us through the life and journey of Dr. Hale.
Subject Headings:
Newlyweds,
Psychiatrists, Missing persons, Secrecy, Psychological fiction, Thrillers
(Fiction)
Appeal:
Pacing –
The book goes at a pace that slower readers can enjoy and follow along, but
there is suspense about the next detail that will drop within each chapter. It’s
also a shorter read for those who want to read something quickly.
Tone –
The story is engrossing but feels dark and heavy throughout the book. The book becomes
gruesome, but never extreme with super extreme details.
Frame/Setting –
Mostly focused on one location with different details, you can focus more on
characters and their stories, and be able to focus on minor details about the
environment that absorb your attention in play detective.
3 terms that best describe this book:
Isolation, Deception, Inquisitive
3 Relevant Non-Fiction Works and Authors
1.
Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their
Work by Dinah Miller
Subjects: Psychiatry,
Psychiatrists, Practice
2.
Falling into the Fire: A Psychiatrist’s Encounters
with the Mind in Crisis by Christine Montross
Subjects: Women Psychiatrists,
Biography, Case Studies
3.
The End of Trauma: How the New Science of
Resilience is Changing how we think about PTSD by George A. Bonanno
Subjects: Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder, Psychic trauma, Resilience
3 Relevant Fiction Works and Authors
1.
You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva
Rose
Subjects: Single Women,
Deception, Missing Persons, Thrillers, Romance Fiction
2.
Keep It in the Family by John Marrs
Subjects: Spouses, Dwellings,
Unplanned Pregnancy, Compulsive Behaviors, Thrillers, Domestic Fiction
3.
The Only One Left by Riely Sager
Subjects: Home Health
Aides, Murder, Families, Massacre Survivors, Mute Persons, Gothic Fiction,
Thrillers, Psychological Fiction
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Hi Taryn, I recently read a Frieda McFadden book for the first time (The Housemaid) and loved it. I was instantly hooked and read it in a few days. I would definitely say that The Only One Left and Never Lie seem like good read-alikes for each other. I read The Only One Left this week and really enjoyed the gothic elements the most - I do not usually find thrillers that have gothic elements in them. I feel like I usually see that more in horror.
ReplyDeleteJeneva Rose's book has been on my TBR since it came out. It sounds so good! Have you read it?
I have not. I am not one who typically goes into the Thriller genre all that much due to have a very sensitive mind when it comes to reading anything to extreme. I may be able to read more, in due time. More likely during the day then anything, but I would love to look into future reads for me outside of my comfort zone to get a better idea on how books that I would not normally read may not be as bad as I made them out to be in my mind.
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