Cloe Amaral
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
A rich preppy family. Every summer at the lake house. Sounds good right? Not quite.
Their dad leaves, granddad is losing his mind, and the narrator, Cady, is in a serious accident. You will learn a lot about the Liars. Are they liars? There’s love, drama, mystery and more, every summer. Family, Love, and Competition are just a few themes in the book. What happened to Cady? How did she get in her accident? You’ll have to read it and find out.
This book is very strong in plot and characters. It is always interesting and keeps you wanting to turn the pages. The chapters aren’t more than 5 pages, usually going day to day each summer, so lots of things happen. I enjoy Lockhart's writing style and she writes using imagery. You have to infer some things and she doesn’t always mean what she writes, but that makes it an interesting read. As for the characters, I like Cady who is the protagonist. She doesn’t have a perfect life, there are problems and struggles she goes through. She is sensitive and uses lots of metaphors in her thoughts. I like the element of love in the plot between Cady and Gat, a family friend who goes to the lake house each year. I like that Lockhart doesn’t over explain things or over describe. Some authors in other books explain too much and I get lost in all the details. This book has the perfect balance of details and explanations in addition to the interesting plot.
Although I haven’t completed the book yet, I would recommend it. If you like books with lots of characters and a balance of mystery and romance with other things in the plot, you’ll like this book. Also, if you have been to Martha’s Vineyard you may enjoy this because it is set in a fictitious island there and you will be able to relate to the setting because it is off the coast of Massachusetts. Any gender would like this book and there is a sense of mystery because you will not find out how Cady got injured right away because she is still trying to figure out herself. She spends all of summer 17, in which she is 17, collecting data and her memories every day above her bed and is determined to find out what happened to her by the end of summer. If you don’t enjoy reading, like me, you may still enjoy it. I don't normally read on my free time but I like reading this every week in class and would consider reading something like it again. I would rate the book a 4.5/5 because I haven’t finished it but I liked it so far.
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
A rich preppy family. Every summer at the lake house. Sounds good right? Not quite.
Their dad leaves, granddad is losing his mind, and the narrator, Cady, is in a serious accident. You will learn a lot about the Liars. Are they liars? There’s love, drama, mystery and more, every summer. Family, Love, and Competition are just a few themes in the book. What happened to Cady? How did she get in her accident? You’ll have to read it and find out.
This book is very strong in plot and characters. It is always interesting and keeps you wanting to turn the pages. The chapters aren’t more than 5 pages, usually going day to day each summer, so lots of things happen. I enjoy Lockhart's writing style and she writes using imagery. You have to infer some things and she doesn’t always mean what she writes, but that makes it an interesting read. As for the characters, I like Cady who is the protagonist. She doesn’t have a perfect life, there are problems and struggles she goes through. She is sensitive and uses lots of metaphors in her thoughts. I like the element of love in the plot between Cady and Gat, a family friend who goes to the lake house each year. I like that Lockhart doesn’t over explain things or over describe. Some authors in other books explain too much and I get lost in all the details. This book has the perfect balance of details and explanations in addition to the interesting plot.
Although I haven’t completed the book yet, I would recommend it. If you like books with lots of characters and a balance of mystery and romance with other things in the plot, you’ll like this book. Also, if you have been to Martha’s Vineyard you may enjoy this because it is set in a fictitious island there and you will be able to relate to the setting because it is off the coast of Massachusetts. Any gender would like this book and there is a sense of mystery because you will not find out how Cady got injured right away because she is still trying to figure out herself. She spends all of summer 17, in which she is 17, collecting data and her memories every day above her bed and is determined to find out what happened to her by the end of summer. If you don’t enjoy reading, like me, you may still enjoy it. I don't normally read on my free time but I like reading this every week in class and would consider reading something like it again. I would rate the book a 4.5/5 because I haven’t finished it but I liked it so far.
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