I had high hopes for this book unfortunately I was not impressed at all. I was able to get to about 40% before I gave up on it.

Thank you for an ARC of All Your Little Lies in exchange for my honest review.

From the beautiful cover to the intriguing blurb, I was really looking forward to starting All Your Little Lies.

Annie lives a fairly mundane life, but she wants more. She wants to be liked, to be in a relationship, to feel included. When a young girl goes missing, however, Annie might be implicated in her disappearance, and soon she starts to wonder if she's more than a suspect.

I liked this book.

Holmes' writing style is easy to read and full of beautiful moments. I especially loved the climax of the flashback scene and her execution of the memories. They flowed and were wrought with imagery. Annie's character, however, felt a little flat. She reminded me very much of Eleanor Oliphant, and as a matter of personal preference, I didn't much care for her. Her quirky, awkward tendencies bordered excessive at times, and while I wanted to find her inability to navigate social situations endearing, I ended up questioning the dialogue and whether or not it functioned with the intended purpose. Her tone, at times, felt juvenile, and I think the "pisky" diction mingling with the serious subject matter might've contributed to that.

I also felt that the blurb didn't quite match the story. I was expecting it to go in one direction, waiting for the suspenseful part of the story to start, and it never quite got there.

What this story does well, however, is examine social conventions and insecurities. I loved the quiet moments where Annie questioned the juxtaposition between what she wanted and why it never really worked out for her. I think all of us, at one point or another, have felt like an outsider. Unseen. Like we just don't fit. And Annie's arc, while there is some growth, highlighted her sadness more than anything to me. Holmes did a wonderful job raising these intricacies, and I think that is where she really shines.

Overall, All Your Little Lies is an insightful deep-dive into Annie's character and the raw moments where people just want to feel connected.

Thank you to Agora Books and NetGalley for providing an eARC in exchange for honest review consideration.

Solid 4.5 stars.

Although, I hate when books are referred to as "the next Girl on the Train", this book has that same feel in a very good way.

Annie is a young woman who does not quite fit in, and all she wants is to be seen. When a 12 year old is abducted in her small town and Annie could be the last to have seen her, there is no telling where the truth lies.

Told from Annie's perspective between present and her past, the lies just seem to be piling up.

For all the books I read, this had me guessing up until the end.

Worth the read. I am excited to read what Holmes comes up with next...

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and honestly review!

The Author's main character Annie was a complex bag of issues who caused me to experience a wide range of emotions as the story unfolded. Annie was one of life's invisible people, a ghost, the kind of person who people looked right through and ignored. I think most people have experienced this at some point in their lives, I know I have and I know how detrimental it can be to your confidence. Annie was a lonely character which was rather sad but it wasn't difficult to understand why after you witnessed some of her interactions with other characters. We all want to be accepted by other people and I did feel empathy for Annie at times during the story but I also very often felt like reaching into my kindle and giving her a good shaking. Let's be honest, getting yourself caught up in the mystery of the disappearance of a twelve year old girl is not the cleverest way to draw attention to yourself. Especially when the last thing you want is the police or anyone else for that matter digging into your background and uncovering your terrible, shocking secret. So, I had mixed feelings about Annie, I really liked her loyal, protective mum but I can't say that I liked Annie's best friend Lauren very much. Interspersed throughout the book was the story of Six year old Lottie who found herself drawn into a twisted game that had been devised by two older girls, a game that would result in a shocking tragedy. A chilling sense of foreboding permeated Lottie's parts of the story, the reader could sense that something terrible was going to happen at some point. But who was Lottie? and how, if at all did her parts for into Annie's story? This is also the story of the repercussions and unfair judgements that can be caused by idle gossip, rumours and conjecture both in the real world and online. How swiftly mob mentality can take control of the minds of normally law abiding people and the often tragic consequences of their actions. The author had also drawn attention to the mind blowing statistics involving missing children and the very sad but shocking truth that although we are now living in the 21st century, the amount of media attention that a missing child receives does sadly depend on their background and ethnicity.

This is a extremely well written,enthralling thriller that had me captivated from the first page. I enjoyed this book so much that I read it in one sitting, I honestly couldn't put it down. This is definitely going to be one of my favourite reads of this year. Worth far more than five stars and very very highly recommended.

I was a bit disappointed by this book. “All Your Little Lies” took too long to come together for me. While I enjoyed the premise behind the story and the writing style, the story itself seemed to drag.

This book was just OK for me. It centers on Annie, an awkward woman who tries to make herself relevant by getting involved in the case of a missing girl, despite the fact that she didn't really know anything. There were also flashback chapters that I think were supposed to cause some mystery, but it was pretty clear who those chapters were referencing.

This book didn't click with me mostly because Annie didn't click with me- the things she said to people were literally cringe-worthy in a lot of cases and I just couldn't figure her out. Some of the things she said and did made it seem like maybe she bordered on the spectrum, but other things didn't mesh with that at all, so I was left simply confused by her. Though the later chapters give the reader more info on things that happened to Annie that possibly shaped her current personality, I would have enjoyed the book more if her character had been more consistent.

Overall, it was a fast read and I wanted to see what had happened to Chloe, but hard to love it due to the disconnection with Annie herself.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I found this to be an overall 3* Good Read.

Annie is such an interesting character. Frustrating? Absolutely and I'd say she's on the autistic spectrum as she not only struggles with friendship and relationships in general, but, has difficulty in communicating what she is thinking and blurts out the most inappropriate things. Then, a young girl goes missing and Annie recognises her own car in the CCTV footage, but, why can't she remember anything?

What follows has 2 stories intertwined. There's the present day Annie, with her complex personality and issues at work and home and then there's Lizzie, a very young girl who is being encouraged by 2 school girls to do things in order to be accepted. It's well written and covers well the issues of child abduction, bullying, vigilantes and lies.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to preview.

All your little lies by Marianne Holmes was a pretty average book for me. The plot was interesting but it did not grip me for long. I struggled to stay focused. I kept with it though expecting a spectacular ending but it never came and I was left deflated.

Thank you for the advanced copy in exchange for a review.
This is a new author for me and I was looking forward to reading this. It took me a couple of chapters to get to grips with the main character and the story developed well, not a lot of dialogue but well written.
I enjoyed the flash back chapters and finished it over an afternoon.

Look forward to reading more from this author.

i really wanted to love this but i just couldnt.

idk dude, i just didnt vibe with this at all. it follows that trope of a woman’s poor mental health being the reason we dont know whats happening, but its quite possibly the worst offender ive experienced yet. it was EXTREMELY convenient and thats what made it fall apart for me personally. i feel like the premise was super interesting but it didnt go anywhere close to the route that i thought it would, and it was underwhelming.

i also felt like the writing was just..really weird and disjointed. and the fact that it was in third person instead of first person, in my opinion, did this book a great disservice. but in general the way this book was written was very confusing. i was reading very closely and paid very close attention to what was happening, but i really couldnt understand much of what was happening most of the time. it just felt...disconnected from reality in the weirdest way that really didnt work for me.

but something that REALLY turned me away from this story was the dialogue and character building. first, the dialogue. it really didnt feel like real people were talking at all. the characters would switch between such intense, opposing emotions so quickly it felt like whiplash to the brain. i also felt like the characters and their motivations were very wishy washy and something felt off and undeveloped about all of them.

i know its just an arc so its probably an earlier draft, but if the author wants the best version of this book to go onto shelves in october, shes gonna have to do some very serious cleanup because this just didnt work well at all. and i hate to be so negative about a book that hasnt even come out yet, because i REALLY wanted to love this book based on that premise, but i really couldnt.

1.5/5.

** spoiler alert ** There has possibly never been a more awkward character than Annie.
I found myself almost wincing at some of her actions and comments.
Also at the ever deepening hole she was digging herself into every time she spoke to the police.
The flashback chapters gave a pretty good idea early on why Annie was like she is,and that added a new level to the story.
A new author to me,and one I'll happily read again

Annie is very happy with her life, quite content. The problem is, she seems to be all but invisible to those around her. She really wishes people would take more notice, but then one day, she gets her chance. Chloe Hills has disappeared and Annie was the last person to see her. Now people will notice Annie, she has a story to tell. The question is, what part did she play in Chloe’s disappearance?

All Your Little Lies by Marianne Holmes offers up an interesting premise, and much food for thought. The storyline is unique, and the writing style kept me engaged throughout.

Annie is a woman who is never fully at ease with either herself or others. But when Chloe Hills goes missing, Annie is suddenly cast into the spotlight as the last person to see Chloe, and sees an opportunity to finally make her mark. But the notoriety quickly sours when Annie herself becomes not only a witness, but a suspect.

This is a compelling, fast-paced read, and I would certainly be keen to read more from this author.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Agora Books for the opportunity to read this ARC.

This one was just okay to me. The premise was interesting but I lost interest pretty quickly as there wasn't a lot of dialogue, just Annie's thoughts and her digging herself into a hole more and more.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book had an intriguing premise, and I was so excited to read it! I read it in one sittinf because I couldn't put it down.

It was a well written novel and had some great characters. I definitely recommend this one.

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this E-book to review via Netgalley.