Author: E. Lockhart
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 227
Release Date: May 13th 2014
Series: -
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Synopsis
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 National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
E. LOCKHART
website: www.emilylockhart.com
Liars site: www.wewereliars.com
blog: www.theboyfriendlist.com
Twitter: @elockhart
REVIEW
Oh. My. Gosh. I think I just loved this book to pieces. I feel as if I have no words to describe the many emotions that coursed through me when I read this book. Anger, romance, shock, more anger, and more shock. For those of you unaware, this book is a psychological thriller. This is what intrigued me into the book. It's psychological portion of the story is what made it all exciting and fun. I'm glad I got the chance to read this story because I was actually considering not reading it until it unexpectedly came back into my life when my book club wanted to read it. I'd heard of it, but never read it.
I like the cover, but I'm not the biggest fan of the title. I mean, yes the story was great, but who are the liars? The group of friends? They certainly never lied. I just didn't understand why the protagonist must constantly call them "my liars". They weren't liars. It just didn't make sense at all, and I must say that that is the sole reason for the 4 star rating. It isn't the writing (which was done amazing) or the characters (who could be slightly annoying) but the fact that they were liars when they really weren't. I also felt the main character has rich-girl problems. Ugh. I just tried to ignore that little piece.
I must say the author did a fantastic job writing the end scene. I found this novel to be quite poetic and I loved reading the ONCE UPON A TIME stories because every one gave you a little hint of what was happening. However, I must say that when the big "reveal" came I wasn't shocked. Within the first 10 pages of the novel, I guessed the ending. It's a gift and a curse. I didn't guess the entire ending, but I did guess little pieces. I must say though, the big reveal was a little depressing. I was expecting some sort of explosive ending or big shock (which it definitely was, but not to the extend I was expecting). But, as I said, the author did an amazing job with the writing for the end scene. Just amazing. I just need a minute to clap (clapping).
The story itself was a little weak in some spots I would say, but I loved the idea of the beach and houses. I especially loved the map at the beginning; being a visual learner has its up and downs and I'd say that the map really helped me visualize. I can't say for sure if I loved this book as much as I feel I do because it reminded me of my cottage. At my cottage, all good memories come and with that comes this feel-good feeling that I couldn't seem to shake when I was reading this book.
I highly recommend this story to all young readers.
I like the cover, but I'm not the biggest fan of the title. I mean, yes the story was great, but who are the liars? The group of friends? They certainly never lied. I just didn't understand why the protagonist must constantly call them "my liars". They weren't liars. It just didn't make sense at all, and I must say that that is the sole reason for the 4 star rating. It isn't the writing (which was done amazing) or the characters (who could be slightly annoying) but the fact that they were liars when they really weren't. I also felt the main character has rich-girl problems. Ugh. I just tried to ignore that little piece.
I must say the author did a fantastic job writing the end scene. I found this novel to be quite poetic and I loved reading the ONCE UPON A TIME stories because every one gave you a little hint of what was happening. However, I must say that when the big "reveal" came I wasn't shocked. Within the first 10 pages of the novel, I guessed the ending. It's a gift and a curse. I didn't guess the entire ending, but I did guess little pieces. I must say though, the big reveal was a little depressing. I was expecting some sort of explosive ending or big shock (which it definitely was, but not to the extend I was expecting). But, as I said, the author did an amazing job with the writing for the end scene. Just amazing. I just need a minute to clap (clapping).
The story itself was a little weak in some spots I would say, but I loved the idea of the beach and houses. I especially loved the map at the beginning; being a visual learner has its up and downs and I'd say that the map really helped me visualize. I can't say for sure if I loved this book as much as I feel I do because it reminded me of my cottage. At my cottage, all good memories come and with that comes this feel-good feeling that I couldn't seem to shake when I was reading this book.
I highly recommend this story to all young readers.
Really? I didn't like this book as much, but it was still really cool because it reminded me of the summertime.
ReplyDeleteThere was some things I didn't like too but yeah definitely getting the summertime vibe from this book
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