All of this sounds like exactly what you would want in a mid-semester, turn-your-brain-off-and-enjoy read, with one major problem: It’s really not very good. Told from three perspectives - Amber in the hospital, Amber before the events that put her there and a diary from her childhood - the narrative puts together the pieces of Amber’s fragmented past, with all the spooky twists and surprise revelations you would expect. The only thing she knows for sure is that she’s in grave danger, and she’s convinced that her husband is involved. She can hear everything that happens around her, but is powerless to move or speak. Amber Reynolds wakes up in a coma and doesn’t know how she got there. This book falls squarely into the genre of psychological thrillers in the tradition of “Gone Girl,” complete with an unreliable narrator, a murder mystery and a woman-scorned revenge narrative. These are habits I’m trying to break, which is why Alice Feeney’s debut novel, “Sometimes I Lie,” was an important test for me.
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