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4 Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2019

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This 4 Star thriller kept me fascinated much in the same way that human nature makes it difficult to turn your eyes away from a horrible car accident. Although I cannot say I actually enjoyed reading it AT ALL, I couldn't put it down!!!

SUMMARY
In short, when they were ten years old, BFF'S Charlotte and Sean committed a pretty horrible crime, abducting a special needs boy from his backyard. They were both motherless children who had some issues of their own. After their very public trials, both placed into "care" (which I think is Brit-Speak for a secure juvenile mental health facility) for the remainder of their childhood and then some. Due to their young age at the time of the crime and the amount of hate they received from the public, they were given new identities upon their release in hopes that they would have a second chance in life.

The book opens as a newly released Charlotte is experiencing life on the outside for the first time in many years. She really wants to make a life for herself but finds everything difficult.

Sean has been out for a while, but he doesn't exactly seem to be living an exemplary life... Charlotte both hopes Sean doesn't find her and call her, yet at the same time, she hopes he does...

The story is told in both present and past tense; from both Charlotte and Sean's point of of view. It takes the reader through the events leading up to the abduction, the immediate aftermath and Charlotte's attempts to re-assimilate into life after her years in "care."

Going straight from being a totally dependant ten year old, to an inmate in a mental health facility and then after her release, being expected not only function as an adult in society, but being completely alone, unable to share anything about her past, is almost more than Charlotte can bear. She knows that being in contact with Sean is both prohibited by her probation and not a good idea for her personally, BUT... no one else understands her complicated past. The story goes from there, leading the reader down a very rocky path. I, for one, was on the edge of my seat the entire time trying to figure out whether or not Sean and /or Charlotte are inherently "bad" or whether it was all some kind of misunderstanding. When I wasn't searching the text for any indication of the "\bad / good thing," I was speeding through the book, dying to figure out if Charlotte was going to make it or mess up and end up back in "care."

WHAT I LOVED
I know I said I didn't enjoy reading this book, and I am sticking with that statement, but I was totally and completely fascinated by it. Getting inside the head of someone who did something like Charlotte and Sean did, particularly someone so young, was beyond interesting.

I didn't notice this until I started to write my review, but author, Amy Lloyd, never told us what Charlotte's name was before she was given her new identity. I realized that before, when anyone addresses Charlotte, they referred to her as "love" or "sweetheart" or something like that. Very clever literally trick. It definitely helped keep the whole "mystery identity" thing going.

Of course I LOVE my Brit-Lit! It's so ridiculous how much I love it.

WHAT I DIDN'T LOVE
My stomach hurt the whole time I was reading the book. I knew that Charlotte, a lonely ten year old girl, with whom it would have been difficult not to sympathize, was somehow going to be involved in the kidnapping of this special needs little boy. I knew that as the book progressed, I would be getting closer to finding out how she was involved, it stressed me out! Then when she was trying to start her new life, I saw her making some mistakes that I desperately wanted to fix for her but obviously, that is impossible since I'm a real person and she is a character in a book.

nicki sadler

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2019

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Great book ending was really good a twist to it.

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Creepy

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2019

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Excellent story. You think you know where this is headed yet it goes off in another direction. I finished this in one day trying to see what's next

Sandra Gurrola

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2019

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I was anxious to get this as I really loved her last one, this was not as good to me, but still enjoyable

Two Preteens Are Convicted of an Atrocious Murder in Amy Lloyd's Superb Psychological Thriller!

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2019

Charlotte Donaldson (ten years old) and Sean Jenkins (eleven) are two social misfits from broken homes. They find comfort and acceptance in each other's friendship. A media frenzy ensues when they are both tried and convicted of murdering their disabled classmate, Luke Marchant. Eighteen years later, they are free from prison. Having been given new identities, they are now living separate lives. The quiet, diminutive Charlotte is a social recluse; she is struggling to remember how Luke died. Meanwhile, the angry, musclebound Sean is blaming Charlotte for ruining his life; he wants to kill her.

Amy Lloyd's latest mystery, "One More Lie," is a superb psychological thriller that I found quite disturbing and bizarre. I couldn't put it down until I discovered what actually happened that day when Luke Marchant disappeared from his home in a small British town. The events are locked away inside a room in Charlotte's brain. Sean may hold the key that will unlock that room and forever free her from the past. Eighteen years of therapy with Dr. Evelyn Isherwood haven't freed her. Because both of her parents are dead, Charlotte has developed an unhealthy fixation and reliance on her physician.

"One More Lie" is a great character study of two emotionally disturbed young people who were abused as children. Their entire lives have consisted of one horrible lie after another. I kept reminding myself that one more lie wouldn't hurt either one of them. I told Dad that "One More Lie" was so good that I couldn't put it down; it kept me from doing my housework. He asked if it was a biography about a certain politician whose name I best not repeat here. Dad and I shared a good laugh. Unfortunately, I never laughed once while reading "One More Lie." It is a very sad, depressing mystery. Don't read it if you are contemplating suicide.

"One More Lie" provides an extremely bleak outlook on the world. Charlotte annoyed me tremendously. Always walking around with a black cloud over her head, she comes across as the ultimate Debbie Downer. According to her, everybody is always looking at her, and everybody is always out to get her. Charlotte's paranoia disturbs me. She immediately assumes the worst about everyone and everything. Eventually, she musters enough courage to work a job at a retail store. Sean isn't faring much better. Full of anger and rage, he blames Charlotte for his predicament. He is selling drugs and hacking into computers. Sean hangs around with low lives. His best friend is named Slimes.

This novel often becomes very intense. It is full of human drama. Chapters are constantly alternating from the present to the past. Whether they are children or young adults, Charlotte and Sean are always getting into very serious trouble. There are multiple murders, abductions, and physical assaults. Charlotte and Sean were never sweet children, and the years have definitely not improved their violent dispositions. When they were first arrested, they were children and the media referred to them as monsters. They don't dispel that image when they are grown. Readers will keep asking themselves if either one of them is redeemable.

Amy Lloyd's brilliantly provocative "One More Lie" emphasizes the need for a stronger family structure. Charlotte and Sean are not isolated cases. In the real world, the number of children committing violent crimes is steadily increasing. Lloyd's novel is an accurate depiction of a chilling, horrifying social issue that threatens many countries. Some adults say that little children never lie. Not only are children capable of lying but they are also capable of murdering. Lloyd's "One More Lie" is a gruesome character study that is both frightening and intriguing. I hope Lloyd will treat her readers to at least one more mystery.