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Now I realize I can't convince people to like this book, but I've read MANY horrible books that were teen or those "grown up" books I was either forced to read or wanted to read myself--so I feel like I know a well-written book as much as the next bibliophile. One thing that feels like truth is when she says "I have the feeling that I cared about Zach more than he cared about me". My expectations with Liar were probably a bit too high and by the end I was a bit topsy turvy myself. It's really the kind of story that gives you enough to connect dots, but not enough to see the entire picture.
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We can see this in how she views her brother, to the kiss between her, Sarah and Tayshawn, to the first time she was in the cave, how much she slept with Zach and even the last time she saw Zach (supposedly in the park but really in the school) which are all idealized versions of the truth. and then she kills him and mutilates his body to the point that he is unrecognizable (prior evidence shows that Micah has a tendency to act violently when she doesn't receive satisfactory answers or actions).
What's fascinating is the journey Micah takes you on, the two narratives with their very different endings.
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She is best known for the Magic or Madness trilogy: Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and the newly released Magic's Child. But even is Micah swears what she’s saying now is true, how can you ever completely believe a compulsive liar?Blaming all her lies on her family's history of lying doesn't make sense as they lie to protect their secret, not for fun. Another reader mentioned that the homeless kid was the same age Micah was when she killed her brother. The clues build up, so that in Part Two: Telling the True Truth, her Big Secret isn't so unbelievable. Which is a good thing, because when I did get the book on a whim and start reading it, I was taken by surprise.
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She tells in great detail why she must keep this family secret under wraps because if it gets out, she is doomed. This waste of time came from Micah telling the reader about her twisted lies and perceptions in a rather stuck up manner. I had no idea what this book was about, except that the protagonist, Micah, who is also the narrator, is a liar. The blurb didn't entice me, and because of the nature of the story all the reviewers are keeping quiet about what the story's really about. After all, Micah's a chronic liar, and that's important to consider in the collective narrative as one goes along, so that you remember never to take one piece as truth.But the very success of the unreliable narrator means that I, for one, didn't get what I usually think I want from a book.
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The writing is vivid and complicated, with this lovely scattershot thematic arc of binaries mixed – Micah's race, her sexuality, her gender for a while, truth and lies, and, well, spoiler. The previous one isn't bad but it doesn't fully well capture the heritage of the protagonist AND the "I'm a liar" look in her eyes.Micah loves what she has with Zach even though he ignores her at school and they keep their relationship under wraps. Now, a non-pathological liar POV may be a little more accurate, but all memory is subjective to our own small additions and alterations. The boy whom she claims is her boyfriend has been killed and buzz surrounds her at school - that's one consistent piece of news in this story. or at least I know I thought it once), but the character keeps telling me she's telling me the truth and then it turns out to be a lie--or maybe it's not a lie. She doesn’t wear makeup, wears baggy clothes and because of that, in the first few days of freshman year she is mistaken for a boy from her English teacher.
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