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Goodreads Synopsis: William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbors become increasingly unhinged. Who took Avery Wooler? Nothing will prepare you for the truth. Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena | Goodreads Thank you to Shari Lapena, Penguin Random House Canada, and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced ebook copy or Everyone Here is Lying for me to read and review. This was a fast paced mysterious thriller with tons of twists and turns. There was a large cast of characters with a wide variety of personalities and roles that inspired feelings anywhere from sympathy and care all the way to disgust. The chapters being short helped keep the pace of the story fast, but the constant switching between points of view without true distinction was a bit difficult to follow at first. However, I came to really enjoy the small insights into each point of view and they truly helped make the story keep you guessing with the different perspectives throwing theory after theory and suspect after suspect at the reader. The portrayal of ADHD was done poorly in my opinion. The writing of this character makes it seem like every person diagnosed with ADHD will have the same type of challenges and behaviors which is very inaccurate and paints ADHD with an unnecessarily negative brush. This could have been researched better and either made more clear that not all people with ADHD are anywhere near as challenging or a different diagnosis used that would be more singular to the type of personality and behaviors shown by this character. Also, the ending seemed very rushed and ended super abruptly. It was such a quick sudden end that I was left feeling like that wasn't an adequate conclusion and maybe I was missing a few pages. For the most part it was a great, enjoyable story and I would read another by this author in the future. 3.5 Stars!
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