We Were Liars - E Lockhart

We Were Liars – E Lockhart

Having seen a many mixed review about this novel, and seeing the element of mystery and secrecy around it, I just knew I had to read it to see what all the fuss was about. I thought I would potentially be able to produce a great review for it and encourage others to pick it up and give it a read, as I didn’t understand why no one else was able to do so in great detail. Well, safe to say now I do.

We were Liars was a great book, I had no idea what I was going into, and quite frankly I had no idea I would be coming out the other side as much of an emotional wreck that I was, as boy is this story a bumpy ride.

‘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.’

As much as I would love to go into detail about this story, to do so would completely ruin it for the reader. This is a story where you have to go into it not knowing what to expect, to fully enjoy its impact and mystery.

Lockhart’s writing is incredible in this, I had a few issues with the formatting of it, and found it very clipped and short at times, however allowing the character to use fairy tales to describe a situation was simply brilliant. Especially with the characters in the story themselves being so fixated on their own mythology, it really added to the mystery of the novel. This was a sad and haunting story, with twists that I really did not expect or see coming. To which is an amazing achievement for an author to do.

I would highly recommend this story; if you like a good coming of age story full of mystery and uncertainty, then this will be perfect for you.

I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars.