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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. My advise: Go into this book completely blind. Think, 'why do people like this so much?'. Be a little underwhelmed. Then it creates the best effect. ;) ( ) Quick page turner about a teenaged girl with a traumatic brain injury and some memory loss. The surprise of the story wasn't a huge surprise to me but I enjoyed the story anyway. Once again I'm left feeling that as an adult this book is just so-so. If I was part of the YA intended audience I probably would have enjoyed it more.
Of course I won't reveal the twists and turns of the cunning plot, but I can say that when the secret at the heart of the book is finally revealed, it turns out to be nastier and more shocking than anything I had imagined. This is a cunning, clever and absolutely gripping novel, full of surprises, which sent me straight back to its first page as soon as I reached the last. What really makes a book of the summer is when we surprise ourselves. It’s not just about being fascinated by a book. It’s about being fascinated by the fact that we’re fascinated. The odds:4-1 We Were Liars E. Lockhart Pros: Rich people on an island; sharp, funny-sad writing; a head-snapping fourthquarter reveal. Cons: It’s a YA novel, so some adults might pass. Belongs to SeriesWe Were Liars (1) AwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. No library descriptions found. |
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