Lucy ran as far away as she could five years ago when her best friend was found brutally murdered with Lucy walking aimlessly down the road in a dress stained in her friend Savannah’s blood. The whole town suspected her, including her abusive husband and her parents.
Then, a podcaster named Ben decides to do a podcast about her and the murder and it’s not only being raked up again, but she loses her job and her boyfriend.
Lucy’s beloved drunk grandmother is having an eightieth birthday celebration with all the family coming. The grandmother also contacts Ben and tells him she can get Lucy to talk to him.
As soon as Lucy drives into her hometown she is shunned and verbally assaulted by everyone in the town. Lucy herself doesn’t remember what happened that day and part of her wonders if she did kill Savannah. As Ben posts his podcast several times a week, secrets about the town get revealed and possibly even a murderer.
Lucy has a voice in her head telling her to kill someone and she fantasizes about the ways to kill that person, leading the reader to think that maybe she did it and is completely insane. These scenes are hilarious in a darkly humorous way. Then this book goes from being darkly humorous to just being dark. I got a little whiplash from it.
I had no clue who killed Savannah until the very end. It just seemed like it could be anyone in that town, including Lucy. This town seems a bit like Peyton Place with all the secrets it has. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and am looking forward to reading more from this author.
Quotes
I need to tell my feelings to chocolate. Lots of chocolate.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p. 11)
Telemarketers and Grandma — the only people who use the phone the way it was originally intended.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p. 12)
"Are you drunk?"
"Lucy, it is two o'clock in the afternoon. Of course, I'm not drunk. I'm merely slightly tipsy."
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p. 13)
I’ve never liked men who can be described as having boyish good looks. They’re always smug.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p 21)
There’s only one way iced tea is made, in her opinion—sweet enough to leave a nice coating of sugar at the bottom of the glass.
Amy Tintera ( Listen Fir the Lie, p 48)
You look like the fun kinda of mess.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p 143)
Kids have zero fucks to give about your feelings.
Amy Tintera (Listen For The Lie, p 146)
Men don’t protect us, not really. They only protect themselves. The only thing men ever protected me from is happiness.
Amy Tintera (Listen For The Lie, p 167)
And people hate that quality in a young woman, don’t they? They don’t know what to do with a girl who isn’t looking for their approval. They feel like they need to take her down a peg.
Amy Tintera (Listen For The Lie, p 169)
In the end, life is just sweatpants and children who resent you and all your choices. But no one wants to hear that.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p 170)
Better to be interesting than likable, in my opinion.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p 172)
She’s one of those people who can do an effortless messy bun, and I dislike that about her.
Amy Tintera (Listen For The Lie, p 206)
My sense of self preservation is really battling it out with my desire to prove my mother wrong.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p 215)
People don’t believe women who fight back. When a man lashes out, people say he’s lost control of his temper or made a terrible mistake. When a woman does it she’s a psychopath.
Amy Tintera (Listen For the Lie, p 219)
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