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We Were Liars

E. Lockhart

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last updated Mar 30, 2016 06:30PM

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Oct 30, 2016 Jillian Quinn rated it really liked it

Shelves: rave-review

As always, you can also find this review on my Rant and Rave About Books Blog @ https://rantandraveaboutbooks.com/

Narrated by Cadence, a teenage girl and one of the liars, we are instantly immersed in the lives of the mega rich, the 1% of the population that don't exist to normal people. This book reminded me of Gossip Girl set on a private island without the cool fashion and cat fights over boys. Gossip Girl will always hold a special place in my heart, and We Were Liars also found a way to sti As always, you can also find this review on my Rant and Rave About Books Blog @ https://rantandraveaboutbooks.com/

Narrated by Cadence, a teenage girl and one of the liars, we are instantly immersed in the lives of the mega rich, the 1% of the population that don't exist to normal people. This book reminded me of Gossip Girl set on a private island without the cool fashion and cat fights over boys. Gossip Girl will always hold a special place in my heart, and We Were Liars also found a way to stick with me weeks after reading. Whatever you think is going to happen in this book doesn't, no matter how much you think you have it all figured out.

I usually try to go into a book without knowing much about it, this way there's no preconceived notions about what I think is going to happen. I've read all rave reviews of this book, none of which gave away the ending, which was such a relief because the ending is brilliant. The writing style is different and more unique than anything I've read in a while. I really enjoyed the style this author used, and I plan to check out more of her books in the future.

The story follows Cadence, Jonny, Mirren, and Gat, aka The Liars told entirely from Cadence's point of view. It takes a while before you realize that Cadence is narrating the story because of the way it's told. She's a very unreliable narrator because of her current mental and physical condition, something I'll leave out so you can find out for yourselves. I think it's better if you find out on your own. As Cadence takes us on a trip through the past, it's hard to figure out what happened and what she made up. Because she's a liar and they are all liars.

This book is only 242 pages, making it a very fast read. I read it within a few hours before bed and was blown away by the killer ending. I thought I had some of it figured out, and I did, but there was so much more to the story than I realized. You have to read to the end because the serious plot twist isn't revealed until the last twenty pages or so. My heart hurt, my face hurt, my head hurt... Literally everything hurt by the time I finished this book. I had to start another book right away just so I could clear my head to fall asleep.

I absolutely adored this book. I'm glad it was a Rave Review after owning the hardback for almost two years. ...more

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Jun 18, 2017 Diego Sanchez rated it really liked it

Shelves: my-favorite-books, best-endings

There are two main points of these books "Love it" or "Hate it" because of the plot twist. I enjoyed this book because it has a good writing, actually I found a lot of quotes pretty interesting, since the writing for me was beautiful, very metaphorical and that makes you think.

Then, all of the characters had their own personality, I really got engaged with all the personalities and situations that they were involved. What I found really out of the side was that no one in the family said a thing, ...more

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Jul 12, 2016 Heather (The Sassy Book Geek) rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2016

Mini Review Originally Posted On The Sassy Book Geek

This book is so, so hyped and of course me being me I had to at least give it a try. Plus it’s so short! I can’t pass up short books, it’s a weakness! I digress though. As I said this is a very hyped book and was it as good as everyone says? Yeah, sort of. Was it as bad as a lot of other people say it is? Meh. Overall my thoughts are that this was a decent book that is the perfect 3 star rating, right down the middle.

As far as the plot goes ...more

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Jan 13, 2017 Savannah rated it really liked it

Check out my review on my blog here:
https://thebookprophet.com/2017/02/06... ...more

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Dec 25, 2015 Sofii♡ (A Book. A Thought.) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, favorites, romance, young-adult, mystery-thriller, read-in-2016

I have tears in my eyes yet ...

I started the book with many expectations but in the middle I'm was disappointing a bit I thought it was very cold and meaningless, were these conversations where characters seemed distracted as if to forget that they were talking and then came the incredible last pages where simply WOW, I don't see that coming at all, the end broke my heart and I just could not stop mourn .... in the end can link everything and give meaning to history....really was worth it ♥

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