We Were Liars

Nice for a weekend read. ( )

predictable - and i kinda just hated the main character and the whole family ( )

as a whole I enjoyed this very much, though it was a bit predictable after a point it is told beautifully. ( )

Well-written, realistic suspense. Difficult to put down, although not my usual fare -- has some of the wonderful dialogue that I love but tells a terrible story. The fairy tales tag is because the main character tells herself fairy tales to find her way to the truth and to understand her family -- not because of any fairy tale elements. That is particularly well done. It's a smart book.

I wish someone would leave me a green toothbrush (with note) as a sign of their affection. ( )

This was okay, but only okay. It features lots of scenes of young rich people who I didn't really care about suffering from terrible boredom and trying not to be like their parents. There is a twist that isn't bad, but also isn't that great and which loses its impact if you don't care about the characters (which I didn't). Some of the writing is good (I liked the fairy tale bits) but it quite often gets carried away with itself ("my feelings leaked out of my eyes"). Overall, easy enough to read (I read 90% of it in less than a day) and inoffensive, but nowhere near as good as the best of the "disillusioned young uns" genre (John Green, Less Than Zero, etc). Then again maybe 40 something men aren't the target audience. ( )