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Half way into the book I could not stop thinking that this is just like "the uninvited" movie, so the end was obvious to me, and I love the idea. take this, for example. no one ever talks about the lovable characters, or the memorable relationships, or the lovely writing. I'd really like to discuss this with some readers (hi readers!) because I seem wildly outnumbered as far as my opinion of this book, which was that it was just okay. Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Sex, Romance & Nudity in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close
Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you. It’s not often that I write a letter asking a reader to do this, but please trust me. I won’t tell you the plot of this book. It is better for you to just read it. Between the covers you will find: It was a good read, but you don't want to read it first. There are a ton of spoilers to the mystery in the original novel. We have been pretending everything’s okay all year, and we will keep pretending everything’s okay. We know how. It’s the family way.”Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. I like the lemon scavenger hunt game and the Who Am I? game the family plays. I like their family nights. I like the dad's quotes as an advice to get through life. I enjoyed the twists! The audiobook was good because the narrator sings at the singing parts.
If you want to read We Were Liars, don’t read this. It has a massive spoiler from the very first sentence. It definitely fits more into the sequel category, though it is set before WWL. If you have literally no interest in We Were Liars but a strange feeling that you want to give this one a go, I would say it works as a standalone. It’s very different from WWL in the best way possible, it stands on its own two feet and tells its own story. Of course there are plenty of hints, but will you be able to figure them out or will you be in the dark until the end?June of the summer I was 15, my father ran off with some woman he loved more than us." Cadence Sinclair, the teenage narrator of We Were Liars, initially seems very familiar: quirky, perky, sentimental and charming, blessed with an unusual name and a neat turn of phrase, surely she's going to lead us on a tale of unrequited love studded with witty one-liners. And indeed she does, but her story soon descends into much murkier waters, eyeing its teenage protagonist with a twisted smile and a tragic sense of the pain wrought by selfish, self-absorbed adolescents. I don't know how I feel about the ending. I seem to be one of the few readers who hasn't seen a similar movie and wasn't really thinking about the big plot twist, so when I got to the ending, I was completely floored. But, I agree. For "smart kids" they should've been smart enough to think about the consequences of this idea. And the idea of this being covered up...if I was Gat's mom, I'd be so angry if someone tried to "cover up" my son's death. That seemed a little unbelievable to me.
The title. It does't make sense to me. I don't want to say anything in case spoilers, but I don't think it's the perfect title. My face heats with shame. “I’m sorry.” The Love Interest: “You’re saying Granddad thinks you’re Heathcliff?”instead, i am just going to say that it is perhaps unwise to market a book in this way. true, the only reason i read it myself was because i came across it when making YA list for work, and i was all "SECRETS?? I LOVE SECRETS!! I WANT TO KNOW THE SECRETS!!" it's a very effective way of drumming up interest around a book. so what im trying to say is, the first book means a lot to me. it has for eight years. and naturally, a prequel scared the shit out of me. i imagine it’s how fans of Ari and Dante felt when the sequel released last year. but i couldn’t not read this. i owe it to 14 year old me who was sobbing in her bedroom, clutching this to her chest and never wanting to let go. the prequel follows 17 year old Caroline “Carrie” Sinclair, one of the three Sinclair sisters and Johnny’s (from We Were Liars) mother, during one unforgettable summer. it was very reminiscent of the first book, but stands entirely on its own. stylistically, both books are similar, the narrative style of this book echoing the narration of the first. but plot wise, they’re nothing alike. The family calls us four the Liars, and probably we deserve it. We are all nearly the same age, and we all have birthdays in the fall. Most years on the island, we’ve been trouble.
It's not terrible. But there's almost no plot at all. The "Liars" are more "Talkers," and they have almost no relevant role in the book because this book is about a pretentious girl with nothing but #whitegirlproblems and #richpeopleproblems. The aforementioned "Liars" don't do anything in this book, they're not witty, they're not cute, they don't give off the sense of closeness and kinship that you get from growing up with someone their entire life. Hell, they're nowhere near Dead Poets Society kind of interesting.The use of dramatic lines. You know when an author brings in an epic moment-stopping line? This was full of those awesome drops! Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close
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