This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum (2026)
This debut is described as a mystery/thriller/romance, but none of the genres really show up here.
If this weren’t an audiobook and if I didn’t enjoy the narrators’ voices so much, there is nothing in this story that could have made me stick to it. It’s not only cliched, it’s at times even infuriating, especially the so-called romance between the two main characters. It just doesn't make any sense, unless, of course, you’re so traumatised by life that you refuse to tell your best friend you’re in love with him for a decade and instead marry and try to have a child with a narcissistic, abusive, controlling, and frankly speaking, psychopathic husband. Perhaps it’s better to get some help? But hey, what do I know? I'm not a therapist.
So, there you are: as a romance, it didn't work for me at all. Their love story was unrealistic from start to finish; more than that, it was extremely boring.
Other characters are even more boring; unless you remember everyone’s name, it's nearly impossible to guess who’s speaking; everyone’s personality is either superficial and flat or non-existent.
What’s next? Thriller? Mystery? It failed there, too. The author’s commitment to the cliches holds until the end, with a resolution that is, again, unoriginal.
The language, however, is something you won’t have an issue with. It’s descriptive enough and does read as natural as it could get.
This was not for me. It’s a 4 out of 10, and mainly thanks to the narrators.