Tell Me Lies: A Novel

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These characters are so hard to like at times and I think it's because they represent everything we should've done differently at their age. They can't see beyond the superficial things they want. They don't see how self absorbed they are, or how ridiculous their behavior is, or how they should want more than what they're settling for. As infuriating as it is to watch, Lovering's portrayal of twenty somethings trying to figure out love and life while their perspectives are clouded by emotions and drugs and alcohol is disturbingly accurate. Women with anxiety and low self esteem are somehow pulled right into their orbit. Changing the way they live their life, postponing or canceling plans they otherwise wouldn't have - some affecting their lives dramatically. This man becomes their world.... and he knows it. The thing about this book - it's SO REALISTIC! I'm equally pissed off at both Stephen and Lucy. I've been Lucy. I've dated Stephen. I've seen friends also go through these toxic relationships. And unfortunately, there is NOTHING you can do but let it run its course and hopefully lessons will be learned on the other side. Lucy is a freshman at Baird College, a small school in California. She's so happy to leave her stifling Long Island home behind, full of preppy social climbers and those with no ambition except to marry each other, have preppy babies, and hang out at the country club. She wants more out of life than that—she wants to be a travel writer and see the world.

Stars because there was a lil' something something extra added (that I won't spoil here) I found to be absolutely unecessary. I seriously could not stop reading this. The anxiety I felt reading Lucy’s thoughts! Omg. I wanted to reach out and tell her You’ll be okay!. Ugh just ugh read this book. So so so good! TELL ME LIES named a Best Book of Summer 2018 by Vogue * The Skimm *Town & Country * Us Weekly * Cosmopolitan * Betches * Refinery29 * Parade *PopSugar *Bustle * PureWow * Working Mother *Literary Hub *Brides I'm pretty satisfied with how it all came together although part of me wishes things ended a little differently. I really wanted a couple of things…sorted out. But we can’t always have what we want and like I mentioned at the beginning, I was still addicted to this story, unable to put it down. Psychologist Margot has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband, two children and a successful career. One morning Margot approaches one of her clients on a busy train platform. He is looking down at his phone as the train approaches. That's when she slams into him and he falls in front of the train. Margot's clients lie to her, but one lie cost her family and her freedom.Lucy’s mother doesn’t understand why Lucy won't attend University closer to home. But Lucy chose Baird because she wanted to be as far away from her mother as possible. A few years ago her mother did what Lucy calls “ The Unforgivable Thing”. Before I get to it, I just have a message for Stephen DeMarco and all the other “Stephen DeMarco’s” out there: https://youtu.be/lcPh9UOhRPI Carola Lovering is the author of Tell Me Lies, Too Good to Be True, Can’t Look Away, and the forthcoming Bye, Baby. She is a graduate of Colorado College, and her work has appeared in Vogue, The Cut, Marie Claire, W Magazine, National Geographic, and Yoga Journal, among other publications. Her novel, Tell Me Lies, has been adapted into a television series for Hulu. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two young children.

Tensions between Wrigley and Drew explode, leaving one seriously injured. Due to her teacher's threat to fail her for plagiarism, Lucy is compelled to face her past. And then don't get me started with Lucy. She is so superficial and all she cares about is trying new drugs like weed and cocaine and losing weight and achieving a thigh gap, but then she doesn't want to date guys that look a certain way and she's super judge-y and hypocritical and ughhhhh.Stephen is pretty horrible. At first, I saw every college guy in him. He just wants to get laid. He's selfish and self serving. He cheats on his girlfriend. He's a partier and a drinker and he says all the right things, flirts with every girl in the room, is underhanded and can manipulate any situation to make himself seem like a solid guy. We all knew that guy in college. But as this story unfolds, as Stephen shares more of himself from his own twisted point of view, it becomes disturbingly clear that there's something way off about Stephen. His unpredictable personally makes for a story that's precisely that. I resonated with both Lucy and her friends so much because I used to be them. Partying, hooking up, dating the wrong person—this coming of age story is not too unfamiliar for me. The likability of these characters is hard, because at some point of another you've been them. I ended up finishing Tell Me Lies, questioning myself as a person, but also how to work on myself and learn to prevent missteps in the future. Carola Lovering is a fiction and suspense author best known for her books, Tell Me Lies and Too Good to Be True. Her writing style is so captivating, and while she only writes fiction, her stories sound so real. Lovering went to Colorado College. She has been writing for a while, and her works have appeared in National Geographic, W Magazine, Yoga Journal, and Outside, among other publications. The talented author currently lives in Connecticut with her husband and their son.