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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated All The Beautiful Lies in Books

Sep 26, 2021  
All The Beautiful Lies
All The Beautiful Lies
Peter Swanson | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
7
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
160 of 250
Book
All the Beautiful Lies
By Peter Swanson

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On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father.

But who really is Alice, his father's much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present, things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through his own confused feelings?


It was ok. A decent story but a little predictable. A few parts that can possibly be trigger points but that’s what I see writing as taking on those issues that most people shy away from. In my opinion they were both toxic and she got what she deserved in the end! Some would argue she a product of how she was raised! I think I will try a few more books from Peter Swanson.
  
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David McK (3816 KP) rated Two Necromancers, a Fortress, and a Titan (The Unconventional Heroes #5) in Books

Apr 26, 2026  
Two Necromancers, a Fortress, and a Titan (The Unconventional Heroes #5)
Two Necromancers, a Fortress, and a Titan (The Unconventional Heroes #5)
L.G. Estrella | 2025
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The fifth instalment in L.G. Estrella's 'Unconventional Heroes' series, I found this to suffer somewhat from one unusual problem: namely, it's own length.

At 1521 (virtual) pages, that's more than 3 times as long as the previous instalment ("Two Necromancers, a Dwarf Kingdom, and a Sky City", which was 494 pages long) - indeed, I felt that this novel had enough content to be split across three separate instalments, with a clear delineation in the story between segments even if it is not presented as such when reading: there's no 'Part 1', 'Part 2' or 'Part 3' here.

For my money, Part 1 - or book 1 (5) of 3 (7) - would be the early parts of the novel, set in and around the Mercantile alliance, the middle part (what I would have preferred to be book 6 of 7 - would have been the Fortress of the title, the setup, action and denouement of the same and the final part (preferably book 7 of 7) would have been the action leading up to, and against the Titan.

It might also help to see Timmy and his crew actually lose once in a while ...