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The Thing About The Truth (2012)

by Lauren Barnholdt(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1442434600 (ISBN13: 9781442434608)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Simon Pulse

review 1: okay, so i get that kelsey lied, but Isaac, blew it way out of proportion. By the way he was foreshadowing her "lies" in the aftermath, you would think she cheated on him or something. She just lied and told him she wasnt a virgin, plus they didnt even have sex. Isaac, your doing too much. But i get it she shouldn't have lied. And she's a but crazy. And rex is a dick. And rielle is a bitch. And i like marshall and chloe a lot. I felt that the ending was unfinished. This should definitely be a series.
review 2: Maybe I'm getting old (I'm 23 but I still read a lot of teen stuff), or maybe I'm getting too picky. It was okay, but I felt we were really lacking a lot in character development and plot. The characters were interesting, even if the style of writing thr... moreew me off at first. Very informal, but I think a lot of people like that. It's relatable. That said, the story is really just about these two kids who start dating and their first fight. There's other stuff that happens, but we don't care about that because when the book ends we haven't resolved anything else. We didn't resolve any issues with either set of parents or with the friends who aren't really good friends, or about the 'debacle' that was Face Down Day. I liked the way the author set it up - with chapters as BEFORE and AFTER - that was cool, but I felt like it was leading up to some big reveal - and it wasn't that big of a deal afterall.It kind of reminded me of Laurie Halse Anderson's book SPEAK. That was a book that kept you wondering what had happened the whole time, and I felt a touch of that with this. I felt like she was teasing the reader and I liked that, but I wanted the reveal to be worth the tension and I didn't think it was. Still, it wasn't a bad read. I finished it in about two hours, but it left me wanting more in the sense that I felt something was missing. I really like resolutions in books, and I just didn't get that here. less

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