5 stars
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
So, I just finished We Were Liars by one of my favorite authors who doesn't come out with books often enough for my liking E. Lockhartn and it put me in a raw place. Its been a while since I've read one of her books and I forgot one important thing. Though she finishes a book with a resolution, it still leaves you with the realization that the main characters life will still go on after the pages are done. Its like watching a movie and though it's done and has a conclusion you think there must be a sequel except there is none and never will be.
This book starts the same as it ends. That should tell you a lot about this story it should tell you that there is something not quite right. This story brings to mind something we learned in high school about an unreliable narrator. Cadence the narrator of story screams unreliable she may or not be addicted to medication and has no memory of Summer Fifteen. She is the definition of unreliable yet she is so endearing and real that you can't help, but feel that what you read is true and that is the beauty of E. Lockhart's writing. Often you read a teen fiction novel and the main character feels so one dimensional and not real Cadence was not this character.
I'm not going to tell you too much about this book just know it put me in a raw place and I cried. That you should read it and convince everyone you know to read it just tell them its about a girl and the summer's she spends on her families island. And if they ask you how it ends just LIE.
