The Victoria Lie

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Pub Date 16 Aug 2018 | Archive Date 24 Aug 2018

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WHEN IS A LIE A LIFELINE?
...To Tori lies are everything.

ZOE wants to end her life. But she can’t just leave a note. She needs to say goodbye to boyfriend JAMES and best friend ALISON.

TORI is waiting in the wings to fill the space ZOE will leave behind, wanting to claim both James and Alison for herself.

But with ZOE still alive and Alison's childhood friend RUBY now on the scene vying to fill the gap, TORIrealises she has her work cut out.

Just what lengths is TORI willing to go to in order to claim Alison and James for herself?

And what does any of this have to do with BETH and FAYE?

The Victoria Lie is perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman, Maggie O'Farrell, Patrick Gale and Elizabeth Strout.

Note from the publisher: The Victoria Lie (The Butterfly Effect Book 2) is a standalone story and can be read without reading The Second Cup (The Butterfly Effect Book 1) first.

WHEN IS A LIE A LIFELINE?
...To Tori lies are everything.

ZOE wants to end her life. But she can’t just leave a note. She needs to say goodbye to boyfriend JAMES and best friend ALISON.

TORI is waiting...


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This is a really well thought out story. I read this in one sitting. I was gripped by the story and wanted to know what happened to each of the characters. Mental illness is dealt with sympathetically. Feelings and emotions are well described. I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed The Second Cup. I hope there are more books to come.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

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This was a great read that had a well developed plot and characters. The author handled the difficult topic of mental illness in a respectful way.

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This story was really well thought out. I was gripped from the start and wanted to know what happened to each of the characters. The topic behind the story is that of Mental health which is dealt with and written with sensitivity. Feelings and emotions are described and make you feel with the characters. I will be looking out for more books by this author.

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I enjoyed all of the characters in this book and found them well rounded and well developed. One of the characters tells quite a few lies, which makes you think about the particular lie in the title. I found that mental health was very well depicted, although not overwhelmingly so, despite it being a big part of the main plot. It kept me engaged and I really wanted to find out how it all unfolded.

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this is a dark, emotional, thought-provoking read....

Butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.

This is the second book in the Butterfly Effect series... A very appropriate name because all these characters have such entangled lives, the simplest of actions could alter almost everything... this book could possibly be read as a standalone, but I think I would have appreciated it more had I read the first book in the series, and I may go back and do so...

This book deals with some pretty heavy issues primarily suicide and mental illness... because of the subject matter this is a slower read... I think the subject of suicide was handled well, and realistically... I think for those of us who have never contemplated suicide it is very difficult to understand what drives a person to take their own lives.... so what I appreciated about this book is it really focused quite a bit on the impact it has on those around the person wanting to commit suicide, the person with the mental illness... my ex husband is an untreated bipolar with narcissistic disorder, even though we have limited contact now he still is my children’s father.... and even though they have almost no contact with him, it still is something that will have an impact on their life forever... I mention this because I think the more we share about mental illness the less taboo it becomes.... I also bring it up because I have firsthand knowledge of the impact someone’s mental illness has on those around them, I think this is something that is often overlooked....


Zoe wants to commit suicide after the happenings in the first book (another reason I think you probably should read the first book 1st).... but before she does she wants to say goodbye to her boyfriend and her best friend.... tori is just waiting in the wings to take Zoe‘s place in both James and Allison‘s lives.... tori is a complicated character that added an entirely new level to the story, with all her lies and manipulations.... Zoe without necessarily meaning to cast quite big web that started dragging a lot of people down into the dark with her....

This is a well told story that will open many discussions... recommend, but I’d recommend you read the first book 1st....

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Although this is the second book in a series, you do NOT need to read the first before this one. (I haven't read the first one yet!)

This title covers the challenging topic of suicide (which Zoe attempts) as well as friendship and what that really means. Tori positions herself as a friend to Allison (Zoe's roommate) and then as a friend to Zoe and Zoe's boyfriend, James. Yet, it is all a web of lies that Tori has created as she tries to find her place in the world.

Very interesting book that shows not only how connected we are, but also that some people are not who they seem to be.

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