A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
Review:
This was one of the most powerfully crafted books I've read in a while. There was a lot of meaningful things in there, but it didn't preach either.
Ok, I'm going to be honest, one of the main reasons I picked up this book was that I knew the ending was going to be HUGE. And when I read the summary, I was like, Secrets?! I want to know the secrets. I was really really intrigued from the start about what this ending was going to be, so all along the book I was trying to come up with the ending, but I wasn't even close to what it was.
Since this is a rollercoaster of a book, that you'll need to experience on your own, I'm not going to tell you about the plot. But I will tell you some of the good and bad things about this book.
One of the things that I liked about this book, was the different characters and how they develop.
Mirren is described as sugar, curiosity, and rain.
Johnny: "he is bounce. He is effort and snark"
Gat: "He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee."
Cady: "Always do what you are afraid to do."
I felt that Cadence was a bit spoiled and she complained about things even though she had so much, but through Gat and through herself, she began to change and become a more thoughtful and kind person.
Other things I liked:
The way the character uses fairy tales to describe situations.
The sense of mystery and suspicion throughout the book (do NOT trust the narrator.)
There's really only one thing I didn't like, but it affected the way I feel about the entire book. The Writing style.
There was
a lot of choppy
sentences
that
go like this
for no
reason.
I get that choppy sentences could help make text more dramatic, but this author just used it too much.
Overall, this is a sophisticated YA novel that I recommend you read.
(WARNING: This book will break your heart. Proceed with caution and lots of tissues.)
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