The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

1/5 stars

The Good Lie and I didn’t get on….at all. Nothing made sense, and it didn’t get much better the further I read.

From the start, it was really easy to tell that a certain someone was lying. Their story didn’t jive, and it was all too convenient. Because of this, I spent the entire book waiting for something to happen to reveal what I already knew. I needed this to be more of a hint rather than extraordinarily obvious.

Gwen has got to be the worst psychiatrist I’ve ever read. Her information and data security were absolutely abysmal between leaving open client files out, leaving her office door unlocked when her office was filled with work on a current case, and openly discussing client matters with others. Not to mention the whole mandatory reporting facet that she completely threw out the window with John. It’s a wonder that she never lost her license, and for everything to come out aces for her was really frustrating.

Robert made absolutely no sense. The conflict of interest was too great for me to ignore. There’s absolutely no way that a court would ever have let him represent Randall, guilty or not. He and his office wouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near that. Then, his relationship with Gwen was an absolute disaster. Why go to all the trouble to hire her and get with her, knowing what he knew (or thought he knew). It just doesn’t make any sense. Then, to give her that impactful gift after everything…..that’s just not sitting well with me.

This one had a lot of potential, but all the plot holes and overt incorrect plot devices made it impossible for me to enjoy this.