Review of We Were Liars by e lockhart
Here’s my Review of We Were Liars. This devious little book was a HUGE hit in 2000s YA. I’m posting my review from 2014, and hoping to re-read it and update you with my thoughts!
Review of We Were Liars
We Were Liars
by e. lockhart
To be published on May 13, 2014
by Delacorte BFYR
Source: Thanks to Delacorte for allowing me to read this on Netgalley
Synopsis from Goodreads: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.
My 2014 Thoughts About We Were Liars
I loved this, and I’m not usually a fan of books that set out to confuse me. Often, books like that spend so much time on set-up and misdirection that I feel the story suffers.
I don’t think that’s the case here, but I’ll warn you that this isn’t the kind of book that will give you a warm and fuzzy feeling. We Were Liars is the kind of book that will keep you wondering what exactly is going on, and after you find out, wondering what you should think about it.
The timeline is confusing at times, perhaps deliberately so. Cadence, the narrator, can’t always remember what’s happening or has happened and isn’t sure why she can’t remember. I loved the way that the writing reflects her mental state — cagey and vague at times, and over the top at other times.
This devious little book won’t be for everyone — I was reading it at the same time as a friend who was not pleased with it — but I loved it. I had some theories about what had happened or was going to happen, and all of them were dead wrong. If you want to know my theories, you can check them out under spoiler protection on Goodreads.
