Reviews

To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story by Sonya Sones

narcissia's review against another edition

2.0

Meh 2.5

reader4evr's review against another edition

3.0

I really liked One of those hideous books where the mother dies so I was excited to hear that this book was a spin-off with Ruby's friend Colette meets out in California.

But to be perfectly honest (haha, I made a funny) I was digging Colette. It was kind of annoying with her lying about everything and being so relaxed about it. But on the other hand I really liked her brother Will. I thought he was super cute and a funny side kick even though he was her brother.

Overall I thought the story was interesting and totally had a ton of twists and turns that I wasn't expecting. I will always love novels in verse but I wasn't a big fan of this one.

cburgbennett's review against another edition

1.0

Blah. Not your best Sonya Sones.

wrathofglasses's review against another edition

1.0

I really, really tried. One of my biggest pet peeves is when things happen conveniently and “just because.” Well, I feel like this book took off on a haphazard journey of convenience and never really stopped. Painful.

magsuexoxo's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia

kayharkness's review against another edition

3.0

I love Sonya Sones so I picked this one up in hardcover. I still love her style and the story is interesting but overall I found because the main character was known to lie so much and make up stories, I found her an unreliable narrator ad I was never clear if I was reading the real story or a made up dream at points.

jcrawford728's review

3.0

3.5 stars. Back and forth on my feelings for this one. I'll try to review it to get my thoughts in order.

justcrystalxo's review against another edition

4.0

i thought this was a cute read. kind of adorable.. i liked how i couldnt fully figure out a lie entirely from the truth.. kept me guessing.

meowdynic's review against another edition

1.0

I love all of Sonya Sones' other books with all of my heart and have read them at least 15 times each. I had high expectations that I would fall in love with this too, so I suppose I was setting myself up for failure. I started it one day and had to put it down because I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to handle reading a whole book where the narrator would say something, and take it back a few seconds later because it's annoying. The beginning of the story put me off, and it was hard for me to continue reading with such an unlikeable narrator. As the other characters were introduced, I didn't fall in love with any of them either, let alone like any of them. The boy was not swoon-worthy but rather an asshole, the brother was annoying as hell, and the mother was on-and-off about choosing to be responsible. I suppose the mother's boyfriend was the only likeable character in the book. It was very predictable for me where the story line was going for the most part. Not once was I shocked or blown away. The only good thing about the book is that it was over quick. I suggest that you don't waste an hour and a half of your life reading it if you're looking to read something like Sonya Sones' other books. You'll be left very disappointed.

dawnoftheread's review against another edition

4.0

While I enjoy unreliable narrators, I don't know that this book went quite far enough with it, or really used it in a way that worked for me.

But it was a fun, cute, fanciful teen romance, with just enough steam to tantalize high school students, but not so much as to keep it out of school libraries.

I'd probably booktalk it to high school.