A TikTok favorite, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart got 3.73 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. But did it deserve that rating?
We Were Liars
We Were Liars #1
E. Lockhart
★★★★☆ (3.73)
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
From this point on you may find spoilers. Read on at your own risk.
Book Version: Paperback, 227 pages (ISBN 147140398X)
Genres: Young Adult, Mystery, Contemporary, Fiction, Teen, Realistic Fiction
Other Things to Note: The first in a series but can be read as a stand-alone
Trigger Warning(s): underage drinking, arson, and death (for a full list of trigger warnings visit the author’s website)
My Rating and Review
★☆☆☆☆
After seeing this book pop up on my For You page on TikTok no less than 100 times I decided to give this book a shot. Not only did it seem a relatively easy read length-wise, but the plot sounded decent and everyone was raving about how great it was.
If I had to sum this book review up into three words it would be these: what a disappointment.
This book was an extremely difficult read, not because I struggle with big words but because the narrative was difficult to follow and the plot was so slow I had to re-read pages over and over before I actually consumed it. I didn’t even finish it completely because I guessed the ending 1/3 of the way in and didn’t want to waste my time finishing it. Long story short, I didn’t enjoy it at all.
This is one of the books that I use to determine whether or not I can trust another bookworm’s recommendation, and sadly it has been fairly accurate in weeding out book recs.
