{"id":1425,"date":"2017-11-04T11:36:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T15:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2017-11-04T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T15:36:15","slug":"ruth-ware-in-a-dark-dark-wood-the-lying-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/04\/ruth-ware-in-a-dark-dark-wood-the-lying-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Ware&#8217;s &#8220;In a Dark, Dark Wood&#8221; &#038; &#8220;The Lying Game&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1426\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/04\/ruth-ware-in-a-dark-dark-wood-the-lying-game\/img_20170919_215432_959\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3905,2284\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20170919_215432_959\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-300x175.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-800x468.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1426\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-800x468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-800x468.jpg 800w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-300x175.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-768x449.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-1024x599.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-1216x711.jpg 1216w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_20170919_215432_959-427x250.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know what to say about Ruth Ware\u2019s books. After reading <em>The Woman in Cabin 10<\/em>, I was excited to read her other books: <em>In a Dark, Dark Wood <\/em>and <em>The Lying Game.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have to say, I was disappointed in finishing these books. <em>The Lying Game<\/em> read like <em>Pretty Little Liars<\/em>. There were lots of trivial side story lines and it\u00a0 was anti-climatic. The last 20 pages were probably the most interesting part of the novel, while the rest was rather boring.<\/p>\n<h6>The Lying Game<\/h6>\n<p><em>The Lying Game<\/em> follows four friends with a secret they swore they would never talk about. They met at an all girls boarding school where they would play \u201cThe Lying Game.\u201d Points were awarded based on how well they told a\u00a0 lie depending on the circumstance they were in. The most important rule of the The Lying Game was that they would never lie to each other \u2013 until several years later when the secret that binds them is on the brink of being discovered.<\/p>\n<h6>In a Dark, Dark Wood<\/h6>\n<p><em>In a Dark, Dark Wood<\/em> follows Nora who is invited to a hen party, for someone she has not seen in ten years. Nora abruptly leaves school losing touch with her past life. This premise offers more mystery because there are less characters offering the author more room for character development.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, if you are having to choose your next read <em>In a Dark, Dark Wood<\/em> reads better than <em>The Lying Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1425\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/04\/ruth-ware-in-a-dark-dark-wood-the-lying-game\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1425\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/04\/ruth-ware-in-a-dark-dark-wood-the-lying-game\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/04\/ruth-ware-in-a-dark-dark-wood-the-lying-game\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know what to say about Ruth Ware\u2019s books. After reading The Woman in Cabin 10, I was excited to read her other books: In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Lying Game. I have to say, I was disappointed in finishing these books. The Lying Game read like Pretty Little Liars. 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