We Were Liars in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Apr 30, 2016 Heather - hturningpages rated it really liked it

This book totally took me by surprise. I guess given the cover I thought this would be a light, fluffy book about rich people (who own islands lol) with rich people problems. It may start off that way, but it's also about the next generation of rich kids that want something else for themselves and how to find freedom and independence from a exhausting, stifling and sometime immoral upbringing. It's about youth and idealism and the mistakes those inevitably bring with them. The main character thr ...more

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Aug 29, 2018 Laura rated it it was ok

Sometimes the prose was chilling and gut-wrenching - Cady thinking about when her dad left, for example. Then sometimes it was weird and not in a good way, it was choppy and disjointed, and I suppose that was Cady’s influence but it was also confusing. I don’t get why the kids were called the liars.

Really easy read! I guess the plot sucked me in well enough to finish quickly but I hated the ending even though it also made sense. The family was mostly too privileged for me to give a shit about, o ...more

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Dec 04, 2014 Amy Richard rated it it was amazing

I have a love hate relationship with books like this. I read this in a short amount of time. I loved it. I hate it because it's over. And now I have book mourning. Ugh!!! ...more

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Jan 20, 2015 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, american-fiction, young-adult-fiction

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May 12, 2015 Jaime rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookclub, read-2014, young-adult

I thought this was really great. The narrator can be rather dramatic, but it fits with the mind of a teenage girl. I actually didn't see the twist coming, and was amazed when I went back and reread certain passages at how well it was done.

This is technically a YA book, but the only thing about it that's particularly YA is the age of the protagonist. I'd recommend it for anyone who likes a twisty tale. ...more

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Jul 03, 2023 Ana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 2023, 2023-aty, 2023-july

Wow

This was not what I had expected on many levels. The style it was written, the plot in the beginning and all of the plot twists along the way. But oh, it was a good book. It gripped you and pulled you along until the truth came out.

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