Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Book: We Were Liars

Author: E. Lockhart

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Pages: 225 Pages

Format: Hardcover

Source: Purchased at Chapters Indigo

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Where to Buy: Chapters Indigo, Amazon CA, The Book Depository

Goodreads' Summary

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.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends,  just LIE.

My Review

This book wrecked me. It was so beautiful and dark, and wonderful and haunting.

This will be a short because you should go into this blind. It's the only way to go into it.

The writing is wonderful. The tone is dark, and haunting, and hazy. The narration is creepy, using this 'we' that I was never sure of. I didn't trust Cadence, but It made me like the story more.

Don't try to figure it out. It's better that way.

Overall, this book gave me shivers. It was so beautiful and incredible. Please read this.

5/5 stars.

And when you read it, if anyone asks you how it ends? Just lie.

-Indigo
@indigowayworth