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Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty

Start date: March 1, 2017

Finish date: May 31, 2017

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Mar 26, 2017 Penny (Literary Hoarders) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own-it, what-book-club-read, books-read-in-2017

Now wasn't that the most unexpected page-turner? I raced to the end, and look forward to binge watching the TV series! ...more

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Mar 31, 2017 Sam rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own, books-of-2017

I LOVED this book. It's smart, witty, and a total page-turner. I had to force myself to put the book down late at night so I could get some sleep, because all I wanted to do was keep going.

The format is perfect. The brief snippets at the beginning and end of each chapter let you know early on that there's a murder being investigated, but always very vaguely, so that you have no idea who is involved. The build-up from kindergarten mom drama to full on murder is slow but oh so satisfying and dram ...more

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Apr 30, 2020 Kim rated it really liked it

Shelves: libby, twins, women-friends, 1000books, chick-lit

My second book by Australian author Liane Moriarty. I first read her in Hawai'i, a book from the VRBO book shelf. I had run out of physical library books during the COVID lockdown, so I was reluctantly reading books on my tablet. I was simultaneously watching the HBO adaptation on Hulu, which instead of taking place in Australia, takes place in Monterey, CA. The book is actually better than the series.
The book deals with issues of domestic violence, rape, class distinction and women learning to ...more

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