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A review by brisingr
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
5.0
Welcome to the Sinclair family and please meet a book that ruined me! The Sinclairs are the most powerful, mysterious and gorgeous family in whole America. Everything about them is good and magnificent, and every summer they spend on their own, private island is no exception. Here is where you can find the Liars, each one of them princesses and princes with special features, with sunshine in their smile and elegance in their being.
To be honest, I was ready to hate this book. It's quite a general rule that if a book is hyped and much loved, I am going to hate it: this book kind of breaks this rule. I read it in one day and I am scarred by a story that now fascinates me. The writing style is what made me fall in love with this book first. Although simple and having a first persion narration (which I usually dislike), it ended up being damn interesting, with all the details helping you get vivid images. There were breaks meant to make you fall in love with a scene or a character and fairy tales incorporated into the actual story, which just makes you the more curious, the more interested in what's going on.
I loved the characters. Starting with even the narrator of this story, which is so broken, so young and sad that you can't help emphasizing with her at a certain level, and continuing with her group of friends. They were charming, each with such a lovely personality, each so unique and cheerful and full of life. All of them so ready to do anything, all loving each other, all together. Forever. I really enjoyed the parts where they were together, their group's dynamic is pretty interesting, and their lines vary from hilarious to straight out phylosophical.
This island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.
Each summer they lived together and their proximity made me feel jealous and sad. Because they have their memories, that bond that cannot be broken no matter what, they are always finding each other at the start of each summer. And I felt the absence of someone like that in my life and the disappointment of being unable to have someone close enough to call them mine. This book 'spoke to me' especially because of this. I felt their need to show that they are part of their family and their want of breaking away. I loved this book so much especially because I could find some parts of myself in the problems the Liars and their family were facing (the only difference: I don't have enough money to drink expensive wine).
I think this was one of the most interesting books I've read in a while. I can't say exactly what makes it so great, so special, when the story is one relatively often found in books, as you as well can find groups of friends. But this book takes all these things and brings them to a whole new level, transforming them until they seem something completely different, and the author does it so well that the story is refreshing, new. Some ideas are great, and what happens in the book is so intriguing! I cried so I could laugh the next moment. I smiled only to frown later on. I felt despair, so I could taste hope afterwards.
I find this book gorgeous and I cried like a baby. It charmed me without me realizing it and turned me into a puddle of feelings. I don't know if I want to recommend it or not, I will just say that it became very dear to me.
To be honest, I was ready to hate this book. It's quite a general rule that if a book is hyped and much loved, I am going to hate it: this book kind of breaks this rule. I read it in one day and I am scarred by a story that now fascinates me. The writing style is what made me fall in love with this book first. Although simple and having a first persion narration (which I usually dislike), it ended up being damn interesting, with all the details helping you get vivid images. There were breaks meant to make you fall in love with a scene or a character and fairy tales incorporated into the actual story, which just makes you the more curious, the more interested in what's going on.
I loved the characters. Starting with even the narrator of this story, which is so broken, so young and sad that you can't help emphasizing with her at a certain level, and continuing with her group of friends. They were charming, each with such a lovely personality, each so unique and cheerful and full of life. All of them so ready to do anything, all loving each other, all together. Forever. I really enjoyed the parts where they were together, their group's dynamic is pretty interesting, and their lines vary from hilarious to straight out phylosophical.
Each summer they lived together and their proximity made me feel jealous and sad. Because they have their memories, that bond that cannot be broken no matter what, they are always finding each other at the start of each summer. And I felt the absence of someone like that in my life and the disappointment of being unable to have someone close enough to call them mine. This book 'spoke to me' especially because of this. I felt their need to show that they are part of their family and their want of breaking away. I loved this book so much especially because I could find some parts of myself in the problems the Liars and their family were facing (the only difference: I don't have enough money to drink expensive wine).
I think this was one of the most interesting books I've read in a while. I can't say exactly what makes it so great, so special, when the story is one relatively often found in books, as you as well can find groups of friends. But this book takes all these things and brings them to a whole new level, transforming them until they seem something completely different, and the author does it so well that the story is refreshing, new. Some ideas are great, and what happens in the book is so intriguing! I cried so I could laugh the next moment. I smiled only to frown later on. I felt despair, so I could taste hope afterwards.
I find this book gorgeous and I cried like a baby. It charmed me without me realizing it and turned me into a puddle of feelings. I don't know if I want to recommend it or not, I will just say that it became very dear to me.