Great thriller with an ending I couldn’t predict. The character is is not a hero or someone that you are rooting for. Paul Morris is a big drinker, a liar, manipulator, uses people without a second thought. One day he runs into an old school friend, gets invited to a party and so begins the story of how Paul got where he is today.

Lie With Me was a bit of a slow read, but it is a good thriller. Characters were well developed and I would recommend as a read to friends and family!

I went with 4 stars for Sabine Durrant's Lie With Me despite it's slow pacing. At first I was dismayed and wanted the book to move along faster, but then I realized that Sabine Durrant was holding my interest quite steadily. Lie upon lie delicious builds up in this story til both the reader and the protagonist have a hard time remembering the sequence and details. There are a few twists and turns that are surprisingly untelegraphed, which I found most enjoyable. I think I most appreciated the complexity of the characters. Ms. Durrant challenged my deductive reasoning skills and I would definitely read more from her. Lie With Me sneaks up on you so beware.

3.5/5 stars! I read many reviews prior to starting this book and just about everyone hated the main character Paul. I was a little leery to be honest, I do not want to hate the "main" character when I am reading a book. Although he starts off a bit obnoxious in the first few chapters, the more you delve into the book the more you see it is basically a cover up as he is a bit insecure in reality and not the narcissist you may have first believed. I felt a bit bad for him, he was looking to fit in and wanted to be loved and accepted. I have read many characters that were true narcissistic sociopaths, he was not nearly THAT bad!

Anyway, as you may also see from reviews, many stated that this is a very slow build up and I can confirm that is true, at least in my opinion. It took a very long time for me to get truly invested in this book and find out what the point of it all was. When it does eventually pick up, I enjoyed it but it was a little too little too late for me. Some of it didn't make that much sense and was a bit implausible. To say anything more would reveal spoilers. I have read another book by this author and loved it so I am not giving up on her. I will look forward to reading her next book. If you do not mind a slow burning thriller, you may very well enjoy this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me an advanced copy of this book, always appreciated!

Ok, I was SO disappointed in this one and sure I was missing something, that I felt compelled to look at other reviewers' comments to see what was going on. Sure enough, a bunch of them agreed with me - the term "slow burner" appears a lot - that this was not the fast-paced thriller it was billed to be... I've read enough glowing reviews and enough "it was very slow for the majority but the end was great!" to realize that there probably IS merit here and that it might well be worth reading to the end just to see what the greatness actually entails. BUT I CAN'T. A thriller can build slow - that's fine - but when I'm 30, 40, 50% in and I'm STILL waiting for it to ignite or even spark, well, to me it's no longer a thriller... I couldn't make myself care about the protagonist - a self-absorbed dismal human being if ever I've stumbled across one - so there was nothing to keep me in the book in that direction. The supporting cast is there, but nothing to write home about (although I suspect this may be the angle that picks up eventually). And the plot just stumbled along for me... It's possible that I gave up too soon, but I was worn out by the lack of excitement/action/anything gripping and couldn't stick it out.

Wow... talk about a SLOWWWWW read. Surprise Surprise.... I am in the minority again on this book.

Lie With Me by Sabine Durrant sounded like a compelling and addicting read that I had to get my hands on. Well.. my hands were greedy and not pleased to say the least. Honestly, I feel like this is going to be a book that you love or completely hate. I, unfortunately am in the dislike category.

Paul, our main character... yikes. What a womanizer and an ass wipe! Can we say... Paul I'm not exactly sure what came out of your mouth that wasn't a lie. But, props to the author because I think this was her intention for the readers to hate the main character.

Paul is introduced the story and he runs into an "old friend". The old friend invites him to a get together and Paul ends up meeting another fellow lady at the get together. Paul, selfishly invites himself on a road trip with this group and lies his way into everything. I was asking myself.. seriously what the point is this?!

After the final reveal at the end... I just wasn't having it. It felt extremely rushed at the end with the amount of boredom in 85 percent of the book. :(.

2 stars for me on this one.
I think if you have the patience and are a fan of slow-building thrillers then this may be the book for you. Overall, I cannot recommend this one and it was just not for me.

This is solely my opinion. Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Publication date: 1/11/18.
Posted to GR: 1/21/18

A prime example of a slow burn; although there is a thrilling reveal in the final act, much of the book serves as table setting and requires a great amount of patience to get through. I admire Durrant for creating a main character who is so wildly unlikable, yet this quality becomes a double-edged sword as Paul isn't as interesting as he believes himself to be and many of the problems that he encounters are of his own making due to the endless lies that spill from his mouth. Not bad, but I don't foresee the story sticking in my mind for long.

DNF @15%. I tried I honestly did, but when you have a 4 hour window of NOTHING going on and you literally are finding any and everything else to do than pick up your book, you know it isn't going to end well. I was promised a gripping thriller and it may have been, but the set up was taking forever and I had zero interest in anything that was happening. This very well could have been an amazing book and I guess I will never know...I am totally content with that.

Good physiological thriller with plot twists especially at the end. Engaging likable characters. Well written quick read.

I cannot get through this book. Not worth trying to finish it.

I absolutely loved this book from the very first word until the last. You will definitely stay up way too late reading this one so don't start it right before bed. Will definitely be reading more books by this author. Good tight plot with believable characters. One to definitely pick up. Happy reading!

I had much higher hopes for this book based upon the description from the publisher. I found it difficult to understand what was going on for about 2/3's of the book. The story unfolded so slowly, it almost didn't. The main character is entirely horrid, and so feeling any sympathy for him was nonexistent. I felt the ending tied some of the loose ends up, but it could have unfolded better than it did. The ending felt rushed after the slog of the beginning of the story.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher from whom I received an ARC copy.

I think I am in the minority on this one. I read a few other reviews that mentioned a slow-build up or taking a while to pay off. Well, it took too long. I made it about a third through and just couldn't care less about anything happening. So much for "gripping suspense."

Very, very (almost painfully) slow build up. I wanted to give up several times, but had read reviews that said to stick with it. The ending was pretty good (hence the 3 stars) but I almost didn't care anymore. Thank you publisher and netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

One of the few 'psychological' thrillers that really lives up to the name and actually is an intense riveting psychological study and a suspenseful twisty mystery.

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Twisty thriller where nothing is as it seems. While the narrator is not likable, there is a certain sympathy about him. Lots of unexpected turns, Since much of the book is set on holiday, this would be a fun vacation read!

Our narrator, Paul Morris is used to lying, mostly about little things. Mostly about everything. He uses the lies to make himself look more impressive: richer, more loyal, more loving, more successful. But when he starts truly trying to become more authentic, even a bit nicer, then, his lies, no matter how insignificant, come back to haunt him.

This is an amazing psychological thriller. I gave this novel five stars, in spite of the fact that parts of the building up of the plot dragged. However, the rest was impossible to put down. The characters were realistically crafted, and I enjoyed watching the plot unfold through Paul’s deceitful, conceited eyes.

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

Enjoyed the story and the flawed characters. Ending caught me by surprise but left me wondering.
Would read future books from this author.

A very tangled web of deceit, lies and a unlikable character every reader will want to hate but cannot stop reading about. . This builds slowly with great detail and is a surprising exiting read.