We Were Liars - E. Lockhart

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Title: We Were Liars
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: YA
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 240
Date read: June, 2014

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.

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

This book was mentioned in the podcast, "Books on the Nightstand", and I was intrigued by their disinclination to say anything about the plot at all. Then I found it elsewhere, with the above admonition. I'll admit it, I was hooked. With warnings like that, I had to know more!

It's dangerous to advertise a book like that though, because when you know there's going to be a twist, it's easier to spot it. But while I had guessed some of it, I was still knocked sideways. So do yourself a favour - don't read any spoilers about this book.

I was a bit dubious about the writing style at first. It's the kind of writing that can come across as pretentious and rub me the wrong way. I think it really worked though, because it fit the mentality of the main character, whose POV we see everything from.

Disturbing book.

Brilliant book.