We Were Liars
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Mystery
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Publication Date: May 13th 2014
Format: Paperback (227 pages)
Synopsis:
We are the Liars.
We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury.
We are cracked and broken.
A story of love and romance.
A tale of tragedy.
Which are lies?
Which is truth?
You decide.
My Rating: ★★★
Every now and then a book comes along that people seem to love wholeheartedly and then I read it with such high expectations that the book has a hard time living up to them. I think We Were Liars is the latest book to fall prey to this.
I went into We Were Liars knowing very little about the book, only that towards the end there is a huge, shocking twist that has blown readers’ minds. Unusually for me I had already figured out exactly what that twist would be before I was even halfway through the book and so I didn’t get the same Earth shattering revelation as everyone else which is probably why I didn’t love it as much as others have.
I don’t want this to be a negative review because there was plenty that I did like about the book. I really liked the different characters and the air of mystery that surrounded them. The writing style was poetic and the words seemed to dance across the page which certainly added to the mysterious tone that had been set from the beginning. I thought the romance was well written and cute. There was plenty to be said about familial relationships and there were some interesting takes on that to be found in this book.
Despite being quite a short book, it took me nearly a week to read this and I think it’s because I personally found it difficult to relate to the main character who is our narrator. Characters play a huge role in my enjoyment of the novel and I just found Cadence hard to connect with.
That being said there is plenty to enjoy about We Were Liars and I’m sure that many, many others will love this book for a very long time. I’ll definitely try another of E. Lockhart’s books in the future as her writing style has definitely caught my eye.
Have you read We Were Liars? What did you think?
What other books by E. Lockhart do you recommend?
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I think people that read a lot more than I do sometimes find the book disappointing. For me, my blog is just something I do as a hobby so I don’t always get around to reading much. Therefore, I found We Were Lairs to be a good book. Maybe if I read a little more I would’ve been able to figure out how it would end before I finished it.
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I just had a look on GoodReads and my friends and reviewers I follow are completely divided on this one! It’s on my current TBR so now I’m really keen to find out what I think of it.
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I went into it completely blind with absolutely no expectations and no idea there was a twist so that may be why I loved it so much. I wasn’t even too sure what genre it was going to be.
I did however really like Cady and the writing style just worked for me.
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I actually really liked We Were Liars – I read it on a train journey to London and maybe it was the immersion I needed – but I think I’ve hated everything else E Lockhart has written!
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Definitely I agree, I think I gave this 3 starts too (or even 2 I cannot remember for the life of me). As much as I loved the plot twist because I never saw it coming, the whole book wasn’t the epic read that I was hoping for
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Glad it’s not just me. I really don’t understand why it’s so hyped, but there we are! I guessed the plot twist so it really wasn’t a shock at all!
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I also didn’t really enjoy this. My main issues were with the writing style, and also the ‘twist’, which just came totally out of nowhere and made me feel like I’d wasted my time xx
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I’m so glad it’s not just me – this book seems SO popular in the book blogging world and I didn’t really get why. Like it was okay but not anything incredible. The twist was easy to guess too, unless I’m some kind of genius (which is not likely!)
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I didn’t guess it but I am spectacularly bad at twists/mysteries 😂
It was one particular thing that wound me up (I don’t want to give spoilers but look at my blog name and that’s a good clue 😉) x
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I might have guessed the twist in the book but your mysterious comment has baffled me haha x
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Shall I DM on Twitter and put you out of your misery? You’ll understand when I tell you I think 😂😂
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Yes please!! Haha
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