We Were Liars (spoilers likely)

[charlatti]

kiminky persa


My main problem was just that it was ridiculously predictable. I kept waiting for the twist, because it was obvious to me from the beginning, but I thought surely there must be something else coming. YA books are often hit or miss with me, but I should probably learn to avoid whiney rich kid YA.

ETA: the title is dumb too. What did they really lie about? Honestly, the best part of the book was reading the scathing one-star reviews on goodreads after I finished. Some rather entertaining reviewers hated it even more than I did.

[zizibet]

I hated it. I did like the narrator character, but none of the rest of them felt real. Blah.

[kiminky]

Thank you-I meant to start this thread also.

Some of my irritation about the book stems from reading a similar-it's all not real type book right before this, so two in a row-rage.

I didn't find any of the characters very likeable, coupled with rich kid annoyance.

I don't know what they were lying about. Didn't they call themselves that prior to summer 15?

[MauMau]

I hated this book too. The author sixth sensed me. :/ And sixth sense was way better.

I just kept waiting for the twist. It took too long. And what idiotic children.

[kiminky]

So why all the acclaim for this book?

[charlatti]

Dec 6, 2014 23:23:10 GMT -5 kiminky said:

So why all the acclaim for this book?

Because the twist is mind-blowing! All the feels! 

No idea, actually. Really, was the sixth sense factor not completely obvious from about page ten? I can't imagine being shocked by that revelation, even as a teenager.

[zizibet]

Most of the glowing reviews I read focussed on the prose and her character creation, not the plot at all.